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Three Essays on Applied Economics
(2011-04-29)
This dissertation consists of three essays in housing, trade, and time series econometrics. The first essay empirically investigates cointegrating relation between housing prices and economic fundamental variables in the ...
Coal and Renewable Energy: History, Impacts, and Future in Alabama
(2010-01-08)
Coal and renewable energy have differential impacts on human society. Coal is the most abundant, cheap, and yet environmentally detrimental source of energy. Renewable sources are environmentally benign but constrained by ...
Scale Economies in MFIs Abroad and Comparable U.S. Financial Institutions
(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 ...
Three Essays on International Trade
(2011-05-06)
This dissertation is composed of three essays. The first essay assesses the impact of agricultural support policies on refined sugar exports. A theoretically consistent gravity model is extended to include the spatial ...
Understanding the Role of Fish Farmer Organizations as Intermediaries for Aquacultural Development in Uganda
(2010-12-17)
Donor interest in the development of Sub-Saharan African aquaculture has shifted from the promotion of subsistence aquaculture to the support of small- to medium-scale commercial aquaculture enterprises with the hope of ...
The Economics of Film Distribution
(2010-10-26)
The film industry, namely Hollywood, is characterized by a pattern of large budget releases during what may be termed peak seasons. The peak seasons are centered on holidays, when demand is high, which in turn leads to ...
Using and Improving Irrigation: Producer Perceptions and Possibilities
(2010-11-05)
Frost, drought, and other sources of crop stress may be reduced through irrigation. A random sample of Alabama crop, tree, and vegetable producers was surveyed about the nature and extent of irrigation practices and ...
Supply Response, Price Transmission, and Risk in the U.S. Catfish Industry
(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 ...
Impact Analysis of Auburn Related Services on Farmers in Alabama
(2012-05-16)
This thesis studies what factors influence farmers' decisions to use services provided by Auburn University and how these programs affected the performance of farmers in Alabama. The study is based on survey data collected ...
Economic Analysis of Turfgrass-Sod Production in Alabama
(2012-07-20)
Turfgrass has been a profitable alternative to more traditional agricultural enterprises for many years. However, the situation changed with the depressed housing market and tough competition in the sod industry. A major ...