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Three Essays in House Foreclosures, Quasi-Experiment Model and Irrigation
(2012-08-02)
In recent years much governmental and public attention has been focused on house foreclosures as they related to the recent recession. Housing spillovers can degrade neighborhood quality and depress property tax revenues, ...
Legislated Incentives and Expectations
(2013-04-23)
The United States Congress passes several pieces of legislation with the intent to improve the overall livelihood of Americans and assist other nations toward economic development. This collection of essays identifies ...
Community Governance, Contingent Valuation, and Food Policy Councils: The Case of the Alabama Food Policy Council
(2013-04-19)
This thesis seeks to explore an alternative method for valuing the units of community governance keeping in mind that it is similar to a public good. The example we use for this study is that of a hypothetical statewide ...
Essays on Applied International Economics and Finance
(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 ...
Three Essays on the Impact of Automobile Production on Alabama’s Economy
(2012-01-03)
The Alabama state government has expanded economic incentives to attract auto industry in order to create additional employment and generate personal income for its citizens. As a result, large automobile firms and its ...
Total Elasticities for Meat in China: The Importance of Cross-commodity Effects
(2011-12-15)
Several major trends have been driving the increase of meat consumption in China. By using equilibrium displacement modeling, we focused on the factors of rapid income growth and a pork price subsidy. In a single commodity ...
Essays on Applied Resource Economics Using Bioeconomic Optimization Models
(2011-11-30)
With rising demographic growth, there is increasing interest in analytical studies that
assess alternative policies to provide an optimal allocation of scarce natural resources while
ensuring environmental sustainability. ...
The Economics of Quality in the Specialty Coffee Industry: Insights from the Cup of Excellence Programs
(2012-04-17)
This study estimates price determinants for specialty green coffee auctions using records
from the 2004-2010 Cup of Excellence programs hosted by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence.
Similar to a paper by Donnet et al. ...
Three Essays on Energy Economics
(2012-07-25)
This dissertation consists of three essays in applied energy economics focusing on
interfuel substitution in the electric power industry, the linkages among energy consumption,
emissions and economic growth, and the price ...
Impact of Drought Stress on Transgenic Corn Seed Technologies in the United States: A Comparative Analysis
(2012-05-16)
Corn grain yield per acre has increased over 450% in the United States over the last 80 years. Continued increases in productivity may be aided by the advancement and adoption of improved transgenic corn seed varieties, ...