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MERGER EFFICIENCIES IN THE U.S. BOTTLED WATER INDUSTRY
(2019)
This dissertation contributes to the literature concerning horizontal merger efficiencies and non-price competition in merger analysis. It focuses on the U.S. premium bottled water industry, where manufacturers face both ...
Essays on the Efficient Management of Water Resources
(2019)
In the first analysis of this dissertation, I assess the water use savings and cost-effectiveness of the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) in the Upper Arkansas River basin in Kansas, a water rights retirement ...
Environmental Federalism: Chinese Governmental Behaviors in Pollution Regulations
(2019)
China's economic growth has come with the cost of environmental deterioration. The economy has faced with many problems in land resource depletion and industrial pollution. I examine two policies that tackle three major ...