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The Effect of Price Risk on Mongolian Copper Exports
(2017-07-27)
Mongolia has copious mineral deposits. Copper ore is the major commodity of the mineral industry and is also Mongolia’s main export item. China is the largest destination for Mongolia’s copper exports. To analyze the price ...
Three Essays on International Trade
(2018-04-24)
Chapter 1 investigates how tetracycline affects beef trade survival. We use United Nations Commodities Trade Statistics (UNComtrade): Harmonized System (HS) 020130 six-digit level of beef trade includes bovine cuts boneless, ...
Policing Poultry: State and Market Interplay and its Ramifications in the Rural South
(2018-11-15)
This study uses qualitative data from 31 interviews and 8 months of observation to describe state and market powers in a town that is reliant on both poultry processing and the immigrant population that the industry drew ...
Food Demand, Food Sensory Preferences and Attributes Explaining Food Price Differences
(2016-12-12)
This dissertation evaluates staple food demand in Burkina Faso, specialty coffee sensory attributes and their relation with coffee quality and the effect of material and reputation attributes on specialty coffee quality ...
Women's Property Rights and Outreach of Microfinance Institutions Targeting Women
(2016-12-12)
The right to legally own and control property is vital to the ability of an individual to receive credit. Women in developing countries often lack property rights and are therefore at a disadvantage when applying for loans. ...
Social and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Economic Implications of EU Regulations on Agricultural Products
(2016-12-10)
This dissertation comprises of three chapters exploring topics focussing on social and economic development, and on economic implications of EU regulations on products. Chapter One explores the contribution of value-added ...
Essays on GCC Energy Economics and Saudi Arabia’s Economic Growth
(2016-12-12)
The first chapter analyzes the impact of energy subsidies on a select sample of nitrogen fertilizer producers in the Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region that disclose their financial statements. The paper estimates ...
Three Essays on Applied Economics
(2019-07-23)
This dissertation is composed of three chapters examining the wage inequality in developing countries, and the effect of insurance subsidy on land use allocation.
Chapter 1 is about the distributional decomposition of ...
Essays on Farmer Consumption Choices, Beginning Farmers Credit Constraints and Exit
(2016-12-20)
The dissertation is divided into three chapters, the first concerning the choice of food
safety in Ghana, the second on Beginning farmer credit constraints, and the last on beginning
farmer survival.
Chapter 1 uses ...
Three Essays in Applied Economics
(2020-08-04)
The dissertation begins with a brief discussion of the benefits of using an essay style approach compared to a traditional opus in chapter one. Chapter two examines the consumers facing the implications of energy regulation ...