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Author:: Davlasheridze, Meri
Title:: Hurricane Disaster Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation: Evidence from US Coastal Economy
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: Natural Disasters
Impacts
Vulnerability
Adaptation
FEMA Programs
Moral Hazard
Hurricanes
Local Labor Markets
Spillovers
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Meri_Davlasheridze.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Fisher Vanden, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Member
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
Jenni Evans, Committee Member
H Allen Klaiber, Special Member

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Author:: Salcedo Du Bois, Rodrigo
Title:: Groundwater Games: Users' behavior in Common-pool Resource economic laboratory and field experiments
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: Environmental Economics
Framed Economic Experiments
Groundwater
File:: Download SalcedoDuBois_final.pdf
Committee Members:: James Samuel Shortle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jill Leslie Findeis, Committee Member
N Edward Coulson, Committee Member

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Author:: Chen, Danhong
Title:: Three Essays on Food Environment, Food Demand, and Health
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: Food Environment
Food Demand
Self-rated Health
Obesity
Meta-analysis
Structural Equations Model
Multilevel Model
File:: Download Danhong_Chen_Dissertation_20140405.pdf
Committee Members:: David Gerard Abler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Jaenicke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Jaenicke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
Stephen Matthews, Committee Member

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Author:: Yang, Qiong
Title:: Measuring Technical Efficiency in Agricultural Extension Services
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: agricultural extension
stochastic production frontier
technical inefficiency
agricultural extension
File:: Download QiongYang-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Spiro E Stefanou, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
Edward C Jaenicke, Committee Member
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member

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Author:: Marasteanu, Ioana Iulia
Title:: Hotspots of Certified Organic Operations in the United States: Identification, Formation, and Impact
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: Agricultural Economics
Spatial Econometrics
Organic Farming
Treatment Effects
Local Economic Development
File:: Download marasteanu_dissertation_finalaug14.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Jaenicke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Jaenicke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member
N Edward Coulson, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Haoying
Title:: essays on land development, housing markets, and environment
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: Urban and Regional Economics
Environmental Economics
Land Development
Housing Market
Housing Supply
Environmental Quality
File:: Download Dissertation_PSU_Haoying_Wang_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Spiro E Stefanou, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard C Ready, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Member
Michael G Akritas, Committee Member
Allen Klaiber, Special Member

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Author:: Liang, Jiaochen
Title:: Three Essays On U.s. Regional Development And Economic Resilience
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: Entrepreneurship
Economic resilience
Related variety
Evolutionary economic geography
Trade shocks
File:: Download Doctoral_dissertation_--_Jiaochen_Liang.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephan J Goetz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Committee Member
Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Member
Johannes Wolfgang Fedderke, Special Member

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Author:: Zaveri, Esha
Title:: ESSAYS ON ADAPTATION RESPONSES TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN INDIA
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: Groundwater
Indian Monsoon
Climate Change
Migration
Irrigation
Adaptation
Inter-basin transfers
File:: Download Zaveri_Dissertation_2016.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Gerard Abler, Committee Member
Douglas Harvey Wrenn II, Committee Member
Jenni Evans, Outside Member

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Author:: Espinoza Hermoza, Mauricio
Title:: Breaking Land Inequality in Peru: Are Land Markets Enough?
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: Land markets
Land inequality
Peru
Land Fragmentation
Land Concentration
File:: Download MSThesis_MEspinoza.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephan Goetz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leif Jensen, Committee Member
David Abler, Committee Member

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Author:: Li, Jing
Title:: Three Essays on the Health-Related Product Attributes and Consumer Purchasing Behavior: An Application to Ready-to-Eat Breakfast Cereal Market
Graduate Program:: Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:: Consumer Demand
Healthy Product Attributes
Distance Metric Method
Consumer Welfare
Producer Surplus
Preference for Variety
File:: Download Dissertation_JingLi_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C. Jaenicke, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C. Jaenicke, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Spiro E. Stefanou, Committee Member
Stephan J. Goetz, Committee Member
Joris Pinkse, Outside Member
Alessandro Bonanno, Special Member

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