Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Thompson, Henry"

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Analyzing the Environmental Kuznets Curve by using the Ecological Footprint

Richey, Nathan (2014-05-02)

This paper presents recent data that suggest a possible existence of an Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) using the aggregate environmental health indicator known as the Ecological Footprint (EF). Currently, there is no ...

Changing Trade Patterns of Forest Products in the United States

Headley, Jeremy (2007-12-15)

In recent years, a trend has emerged in the trade of forest products in the United States. As witnessed in many other industries in the U.S. over the past several decades, forest products exports have steadily dropped off ...

Consumer Preferences on Peanut Aflatoxin Safety in Ghana

Agyekum, Michael (2013-11-11)

Food safety attracts growing attention in discussions among scientists, policymakers, and the general public. The introduction and enforcement of appropriate regulatory standards for pervasive food toxins, such as aflatoxins, ...

Economic Impacts of Gold Production in South Africa

Kinyua, Peter (2011-08-03)

The causes of rising demand pull inflation in South Africa are examined with an eye on the international price of gold given the importance of gold mining in the country. Effects of the money supply, exchange rate, foreign ...

Essays in Applied International Economics

Malki, Mostafa (2006-05-15)

This dissertation is organized into two essays in international economics and finance. The first is an analysis of the US-Morocco free trade agreement and its impact on Morocco. The study uses a computable general ...

Essays on Applied International Economics and Finance

Resiandini, Pramesti (2011-04-06)

Studies in international economics and finance have become increasingly important in understanding the ways economies are integrated. This dissertation comprises three essays on this topic. The first essay investigates ...

Essays on International Timber Products Trade

Lin, Ying (2017-04-27)

During the last decade, the production and trade of timber products have gone through rapid change due to the implementation of several new policies and regulations. Specifically, one of the world’s largest exporters of ...

Essays on Production Efficiency, Tariffs and Trade, and Oil Price and US Macroeconomic

Zouhair, Fatima (2014-05-01)

The dissertation explores three different subjects. The first chapter investigates the source and trend of agricultural productivity growth in African countries with a translog production function. The second chapter ...

Essays on South Africa: Exchange Rates, Bilateral Trade and Inflation

Kinyua, Peter (2012-04-20)

South Africa shows how natural resources can be harnessed to build a successful economy. This success gives rise to peculiar macroeconomic issues that warrant analysis. Chapter one of this dissertation investigates the ...

Estimating Elasticities of Substitution in African Crops

Zouhair, Fatima (2012-04-19)

This paper examines cross price elasticities of substitution for labor, capital, and fertilizer for the agricultural sector in Africa with a translog production function. The data are from the Food Agricultural Organization ...

Evaluating the Competitiveness of US Agricultural Market Commodities

Kagochi, John (2007-08-15)

This dissertation is organized into three different topics in the field of international trade and economics that look at the competitiveness of US agricultural export commodities using different economic models and ...

Examining the Role of Personal Problems in Determining Income

Greene, Sara (2015-05-04)

The goal of this dissertation is to both theoretically and empirically examine how various personal problems affect income. The analysis will specifically examine the effects of divorce, alcohol use, misuse of legal drugs, ...

Excess Liquidity and Inflation in China: 2001-2010

Jia, Bijie (2012-05-08)

Since the Chinese government administrated the Reform and Opening-up policy designed toward stimulating China's economy in 1979, China stepped into a period of rapid development. Accelerated growth of the trade surplus and ...

The exchange rate and Foreign exchange reserves : Japan and United States, 1974 to 2010

Tang, Zhenfei (2012-05-09)

The exchange rate is very difficult to predict. In 1971, the fixed exchange rate system transferred to a floating exchange rate system after the collapse of the Bretton Woods System. The Bretton Woods system established ...

Exchange Rate Effects on Excess Demand in the United States for Canadian Oil

Dickey, James (2011-12-13)

This paper examines a model of excess supply and excess demand for Canadian oil in the United States utilizing an error correction model and time series analysis. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the link, if there ...

Genetic Algorithms in Agent Based Computational Economics

Forczyk, Nathan (2014-05-01)

Genetic algorithms are commonly used in agent based computational economics. In this dissertation they are examined in the context of agent based modeling and economic theory and applications. The drawbacks and strengths ...

Private Schools in the South: Is It About Education?

Wyatt, Rachel (2006-05-15)

The question of whether or not private schools provide a better education than public schools has been the study of many studies. The question is important because of the large amount of tax money that is devoted to public ...

Recent Portfolio Investment and Central Bank Policy in Thailand

Sathitsuksanoh, Noppadon (2008-05-15)

The present study investigates the dynamic adjustment of portfolio investment to monetary and fiscal variables in Thailand over recent years. The analysis reveals that the exchange rate, inflation, and the government ...

Scale Economies in MFIs Abroad and Comparable U.S. Financial Institutions

James, Natalie (2010-04-22)

The three essays of this dissertation employ a system of seemingly unrelated equations, each with a cost function and production input equations to determine the scale or point of production along the long-run average total ...

Supply Response, Price Transmission, and Risk in the U.S. Catfish Industry

Nguyen, Giap (2010-05-05)

The dissertation is organized into three topics in economic analysis of the U.S. farm raised catfish industry. The first topic studies the U.S. farm raised catfish supply using a static normalized profit function and ...