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An economic analysis of cull cow price trends in Alabama
(2023-04-27)
The objective of this study is to analyze the slaughter cow prices in Alabama from 2004 through 2018 to help cow-calf producers capture the most value for their cull cows based on historical price trends. A producer ...
Food Spending Among Low-Income Consumers: the Effects of the SNAP Cycle and Seasonality on Purchases and Produce Incentive Use
(2023-04-27)
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food assistance benefits to low-income households. Participants in SNAP face both a cyclical and seasonal struggle when it comes to maintaining enough food ...
Disinvestment: Heirs’ Property and Food Desert across the Deep South and Appalachia
(2023-05-02)
The culture of poverty argument is popular in the United States, especially in the South. Victim-blaming masks the structural nature of the problem. While individual explanations of poverty might be popular, they fail to ...
Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for Sweet Grown Alabama Sweet Potatoes
(2023-07-28)
In this study, we capture consumer willingness to pay for differently labeled and sourced
sweet potatoes at Alabama farmers markets using an incentive-based experiment. Data were
collected at farmers markets in four ...
Three Essays in Applied and Resource Economics
(2023-08-07)
This dissertation includes three empirical essays in three chapters addressing issues related to Resource Economics, Agricultural Policy, and Recreational demand. I contribute to the literature by adopting nonlinear panel ...
Essays in Agricultural and Food Policy: Impact of Crop Insurance on Fertilizer Use, Willingness to Pay a Premium on Beef, and Estimating the Demand for Carbonated Sweetened Beverage
(2023-12-04)
In recent years, empirical economic research has witnessed significant advancements. Simple linear regressions have evolved into different applied econometrics toolkits, which cover methods such as difference-in-difference ...