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A Study of the Effects of Pavement Widening, Rumble Strips, and Rumble Stripes on Rural Highways in Alabama 

de Sena Monteiro Ozelim, Luana Clara (2015-05-05)
Run-off-road (ROR) crashes are usually severe and account for a significant amount of highway fatalities. It is estimated that more than 50% of the fatal crashes in the United States and in Alabama are ROR crashes. Rural ...

Supply Response, Price Transmission, and Risk in the U.S. Catfish Industry 

Nguyen, Giap (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 ...

Three Essays in Applied Economics: (1) School Funding and Student Performance in Alabama, (2) News and Volatility of Food Prices, and (3) The Impact of NAFTA on Labor in the US 

Zheng, Yuqing (2006-08-15)
This dissertation consists of three essays in economics on education, time series econometrics, and international economics. The first essay attempts to evaluate the impact of state funding on student performance in Alabama ...