Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Traxler, Greg"

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Determinants of Rural Non-Farm Employment and Income in Paraguay

Correa ramirez, Pedro (2008-08-15)

During the last decades considerable research has been carried out on non-farm rural employment and income of farm households. The thesis examines the factors influencing non-farm employment and income among rural individuals ...

A Duplication and Replication of Two Econometric Demand Models Explaining the Effects of Promotion on Mill-Level Demand of U.S. Upland Cotton

Morton, Trent (2005-08-15)

Many studies have been conducted to determine the effects of generic promotion on the demand for a certain commodity. Two studies examining the effects that cotton promotion expenditures by Cotton Incorporated has on the ...

Essays on Forestry Products Industry: Sawmill Productivity and Industrial Timberland Ownership

Li, Yanshu (2006-05-15)

In this dissertation, two topics of forest products industry were investigated: inter-regional productivity comparison of sawmilling industries in the North America, and the relationship between industrial timberland ...

Farm Investment and Off-Farm Income - A Study of Farms in Alabama

Mai, Chi (2006-12-15)

This thesis examines the effect of availability of internal finance, net farm income, and net off-farm household income on farm investment. It presents a detailed review of previous studies, develops and estimates an ...

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 ...

Property Value Impacts and Risks Perceptions: A Hedonic Analysis of Anniston, Alabama

de Parisot, Christophe (2007-05-15)

The city of Anniston, and to a larger extent Calhoun County, Alabama, has been affected by two major types of environmental disamenities: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) released into the soils and waterways, and the ...

Three Essays on Real Estate, Environmental, and Urban Economics Using the Hedonic Price Model Technique

Jauregui, Andres (2006-05-15)

This dissertation is organized into three different topics in the fields of real estate economics, environmental economics, and urban economics, all of them linked by a common econometric technique. The first topic determines ...

Three essays on toxic chemical releases, house values, health and labor productivity

Ho, Sa (2007-08-15)

The Toxics Release Inventory is a public access database established under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) to protect public health, safety and the environment from toxic chemical hazards. ...