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Aflatoxin Contamination and Regulation Policy Interventions: Economic Implications for Peanut Market Participants 

Agyekum, Michael (2013-11-15)
This dissertation is composed of three chapters covering topics about the impact of aflatoxin regulation policies on peanut suppliers and consumers. Chapter One evaluates welfare implications of aflatoxin standards ...

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, ...

Culturing African Lungfish (Protopterus sp) in Uganda: Prospects, Performance in tanks, potential pathogens, and toxicity of salt and formalin 

Walakira, John (2013-12-11)
Culturing species resilient to drought and stressful water quality conditions may be a significant part of the future of African aquaculture. Air breathing fishes potentially have a role in low-management culture systems ...

Essays in international trade and energy economics 

Ozturk, Ozcan (2017-07-27)
This Dissertation consists of three empirical essays in international trade and energy economics. Chapter 1 examines whether the food market of Turkey is cointegrated with the world food market. Using an error correction ...

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 ...

The Ghana National Health Insurance Policy: Evaluation of Equity of Coverage and Financial Sustainability 

N-Yaaba, Lawrence (2014-08-07)
One of the overarching objectives of initiating and implementing public policy is to enhance and advance the welfare of citizens. It is in this disposition that the Ghana government in 2003 initiated a universal health ...

Three Essays on the Economics of Crime 

Odabasi, Suzan (2019-07-30)  ETD File Embargoed
This dissertation consists of three essays on economics of crime. The first chapter investigates the extent to which variations in temperature affect crime rates in the southeastern states within a typical empirical ...