Browsing Agricultural & Resource Economics by Title
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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 ... -
THE INCIDENCE OF TRADE WARS: EVIDENCE FROM THE US SOLAR INDUSTRY
(2018)Trade wars between countries in the renewable energy sector have proliferated in recent years, potentially hindering the growth of the industry. This dissertation investigates the welfare effect of anti-dumping policies ... -
Incomplete Variational Preferences
(2017-06)We examine incomplete preference structures in a framework that allows for various relaxations of the independence axiom. We derive preference representations in terms of willingness-to-pay measures, and demonstrate how ... -
Independent vs. Collaborative Fundraising: Understanding the Role of Information
(2019-02)We use “real donation” laboratory experiments to compare independent fundraising, where donation requests from different charities arrive sequentially to potential donors, with collaborative fundraising, where donation ... -
Industrial Hemp Remains Illegal to Cultivate In Maryland Until Final Regulations and Research Programs Finalized
(2018-06-25)In 2016, the Maryland General Assembly first passed legislation allowing for the development of an Industrial Hemp Pilot Program in the state. That program was recently updated this year by House Bill (HB) 698 to allow ... -
The Influence of Heterogeneous Risk Preferences on Water Market Activity: an Application to the Paloma System of the Limarí Water Basin, Chile
(2007-02-07)This dissertation contributes to our knowledge about water markets by analyzing the factors that explain market transactions of water rights when there is also a spot market for water volumes. I hypothesize that risk ... -
Information and environmental policy
(2015)Within this manuscript, I present three distinct essays linked by the commonality of how information is utilized in decision-making and its effect on environmental policy. In the first essay, I evaluate the price to which ... -
Inheritance Reform, Female Empowerment, and Intergenerational Effects: Theory and Evidence from India
(2022)Land ownership is an important determinant of intra-household bargaining power in low-income countries, yet women are systematically barred from inheriting land. Granting equal access to land tenuring has the potential to ... -
Institutional Structure in Corporate Agriculture
(2010)In this dissertation, a state-contingent, principal-agent model is developed to examine the institution of input provision by a corporate firm that contracts with agents for the production of a given commodity. "Input ... -
Insuring Green Peas
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INTENDED AND UNINTENDED IMPACTS OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS IN AGRICULTURE AND EDUCATION
(2022)Agriculture and education are often considered crucial programmatic areas for governmentsaround the globe. In their search for economic growth and social well-being, governments across the developing world implement policies ...