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Effectiveness of U.S. dairy export promotion programs in selected countries
(2008-07)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study is to estimate the impact of U.S. dairy export promotion expenditures and determine the impacts of other factors affecting import demand for source differentiated whey, ...
Essays on business location, recruitment, and the role of evaluations in the university classroom
(2008-07)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of the first essay is to determine the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on location decisions of U.S. confectionery manufacturers using county level data from 1993 ...
Import demand for edible oils in India: An application of source-differentiated models, and consumer demand for beef variety
(2008-05)
Scope and Methods of Study: This study consists of two essays. The purpose of the first essay is to estimate the source differentiated import demand for edible oils in India using different versions of the differential ...
Making grain pricing decisions based on profit margin hedging and real option values
(2008-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This study contains two essays. The first essay is preharvest pricing decision making and the second essay is postharvest decision making. The purpose of the first essay was to determine producer's ...
Agent-based artificial markets
(2008-07)
Scope and Method of Study: This study is composed of three essays. The first essay adapts the particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) to find the equilibrium in an agent-based artificial market. The simulated agents ...
Food demand in urban China
(2008-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This study is composed of three essays. The objective of the first essay is to estimate the impacts of economic and non-economic factors on food consumption patterns in urban China. A complete ...