Browsing Agricultural & Resource Economics by Title
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Gains from Contracting for US Hog Growers
(2008-04-29)Vertical coordination through contracts between farmers and other stages of the agro food chain have been of growing importance in US agriculture. Production contract arrangements between contractors and individual growers ... -
A GENERAL MODEL OF BARRIER ISLAND EROSION MANAGEMENTWITH APPLICATION TO OPTIMAL RESPONSE UNDER SEA LEVEL RISE
(2004-04-29)This dissertation lays out a conceptual model for managing beach erosion on barrier islands. Households affected by erosion management are identified as beach visitors and coastal homeowners. The returns from beach quality ... -
Generic Waiver of Liability Form
(2014-10)This form is offered for educational purposes to help producers and agritourism operations understand how to develop their own liability waivers with an attorney. This waiver may not meet all your needs so you should check ... -
Grain Marketing Outlook
(2014-12-16)Delivered at the the 2014 Policy and Outlook Conference by Kevin McNew covering the 2015 grain market outlook -
A Guide to Agricultural Labor Laws: How Best to Comply with the Relevant Federal and Maryland State Standards
(2014-04)The purpose of this guide is to identify a few of the key Federal and Maryland state labor laws that impact agricultural labor. -
The Hidden Cost of Cheap Food
(CANRP, 2012-05-11)Most residents of developed countries have ready access to food that is fortified with nutrients and free of contamination. For people in developing countries, that is not the case. Many people lack resources for defining ... -
High Frequency Market Dynamics An Analysis of Market Depth & Quoting Behaviors in Crude Oil Futures Markets
(2018)Most derivative and equity transactions occur in electronic order driven markets and depend on a limit order book. Yet many questions remain regarding the way traders interact with the limit order book, especially the role ... -
Higher education, human capital spillovers and economic growth
(2019)Many theorists suggest that the concentration of human capital in a region helps improve productivity for firms and individuals by creating social learning chances for workers. Such human capital spillovers can generate ... -
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE, INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, AND HEALTH IMPACTS IN INIDA [i.e. India]: A WELFARE ANALYSIS
(2009)This dissertation develops a unified analytical framework to understand the relationships among household energy use, indoor air pollution (IAP), and health impacts and enables policy-makers to analyze welfare effects of ... -
How Consumers Respond to Product Certification and the Value of Energy Information
(2017-08)I study how consumers respond to competing pieces of information that differ in their degree of complexity and informativeness. In particular, I study the choice of refrigerators in the U.S., where a mandatory disclosure ... -
Human capital investments: Preferences, Opportunities, Constraints
(2015)Education has long been known as “human capital”, the capital involved in producing higher wages and augmenting labor productivity. It has also been associated with better nonmarket outcomes, including better health, lower ... -
The Impact of Agriculture on Maryland’s Economy
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THE IMPACT OF LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS ON NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY VALUES: THE CASE OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD
(2010)Previous studies on the impact of the impact of subsidized housing on neighborhood property values have not been able to provide any consensus due to the implementation of estimation strategies that have serious if ... -
The Impact of Taxes and Wasteful Government Spending on Giving
(2020-05)We examine how taxes impact charitable giving and how this relationship is affected by the degree of wasteful government spending. In our model, individuals make donations to charities knowing that the government collects ... -
The Impact of the Washington Metro on Development Patterns
(2005-12-05)It is a tenet of urban planning that transportation networks help shape the spatial configuration of cities. In the case of heavy rail systems, a common belief is that building a subway system will promote employment and ... -
The impact of trade and policy liberalization on Argentina's agricultural sector: technology adoption in a dynamic model
(2006-08-04)This dissertation analyzes the effect of policies associated with increased openness of the economy on the development of the agricultural sector, with a focus on adoption of technology. It investigates with the help of ... -
Impacts of an Incentive Based Land Use Policy: An Evaluation of Preservation Easements
(2008-01-22)This dissertation examines the conversion decision of a landowner from an undeveloped or agricultural use to a subdivision in the presence of an active housing market and an active land preservation program. It utilizes a ... -
Implications of heterogeneity in discrete choice analysis
(2013)This dissertation carries out a series of Monte Carlo simulations seeking the implications for welfare estimates from three research practices commonly implemented in empirical applications of mixed logit and latent class ...