Agricultural & Resource Economics Theses and Dissertations
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Dynamics of Capital Investment and Pollution Externalities in Wholesale Electricity Markets
(2022)The field of environmental economics was built on the notion of internalizing into markets the social harm caused by pollution. This dissertation examines the implications of putting that idea into practice in the electric ... -
ESSAYS ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION
(2022)Risk is an important component of the decision-making process. Often time, risk assessment is associated with either space or time. How agents perceive risk and how they respond to risk can have significant policy implications, ... -
ESSAYS IN THE ECONOMICS OF HEALTH EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM VIETNAM
(2022)Health education is widely implemented in school settings to prevent risky health behaviors of teenagers. The majority of the information-based programs target adolescents, when individuals’ health attitudes and behaviors ... -
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 ... -
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 ...