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Author:: Jimenez Maldonado, Alwin J
Title:: DEVELOPING DECISION RULES FOR THE RAINFALL INDEX INSURANCE PROGRAM: AN APPLICATION TO PENNSYLVANIA PRODUCERS
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: Monte Carlo simulations
rainfall index crop insurance
mean-reversion process
time series analysis
VBA programming
File:: Download Alwin_Jimenez_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Jayson Kennedy Harper, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jayson Kennedy Harper, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James William Dunn, Committee Member
Jeffrey Hyde, Committee Member
Jose Antonio Ventura, Committee Member
Jeffrey R Stokes, Committee Member

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Author:: Jin, Bei
Title:: WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY FOR SAFER FOOD PRESERVATIVES IN MOON CAKE: EVIDENCE FROM A CONSUMER SURVEY IN BEIJING
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: willingness-to-pay
tobit model
probit model
food safety
File:: Download Master_Thesis_Bei_Jin.pdf
Committee Members:: David Gerard Abler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Fleming, David Alexander
Title:: INTERNATIONAL TRADE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND POVERTY: THE ROLE OF PRODUCT TRADABILITY IN THE CHILEAN CASE
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: agricultural productivity
international trade
poverty
File:: Download Master_Thesis_daf942_07.24.2008.pdf
Committee Members:: David Gerard Abler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Gerard Abler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Brewin, Derek Gerald
Title:: THREE ESSAYS IN REGIONAL ECONOMICS THAT CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF SPACE, AGGLOMERATION, AND INCOME
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: Regional Economics
Rurality
Convergence
Migration
File:: Download etd3.pdf
Committee Members:: David Gerard Abler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin L Shields, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
Kenneth Kephart, Committee Member
Stephen Michael Smith, Committee Member

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Author:: Leuer, Elizabeth R.
Title:: Assessing the Profitability of Anaerobic Digesters on Dairy Farms in Pennsylvania: Real Options Analysis with Multiple Jump Processes
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: anaerobic digesters
real options analysis
jump processes
File:: Download Elizabeth_Leuer_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jeffrey Hyde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Minihan, Erin Smith
Title:: The Impact of Ethanol Production on Agricultural Land Use in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: ricardian rent
land use
biofuel
chesapeake bay
File:: Download ESMthesis_5.pdf
Committee Members:: James Samuel Shortle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Nankhuni, Flora Janet
Title:: Environmental Degradation, Resource Scarcity and Children’s Welfare in Malawi: School Attendance, School Progress, and Children’s Health
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: stunting
child labor
schooling
hours of work
natural resources
Malawi
File:: Download Microsoft_Word_-_Flora_Nankhuni_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jill Leslie Findeis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gretchen T Cornwell, Committee Member
Stephen Michael Smith, Committee Member
Marc Eric Mcdill, Committee Member
David Shapiro, Committee Member

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Author:: Wen, Fang-I
Title:: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL LEARNING, AND OPTIONS TO LEARN
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: Knowledge management
Dynamic Optimization
Social Learning
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Spiro E Stefanou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James William Dunn, Committee Member
Jeffrey R Stokes, Committee Member
Duncan Fong, Committee Member

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Author:: Carriazo Osorio, Fernando
Title:: MEASURING URBAN AMENITIES AND DISAMENITIES:A SPATIAL HEDONIC ANALYSIS IN BOGOTA,COLOMBIA
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: Environmental Valuation
Spatial Econometrics
Hedonic Model
Air Pollution
Urban Economics
File:: Download Thesis_Carriazo102307.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard C Ready, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Samuel Shortle, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
N Edward Coulson, Committee Member
Stephen Michael Smith, Committee Member

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Author:: Grassmueck, Georg Gunter
Title:: The Role of Governmental Organizational Form in Economic Growth
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: Reegional Economics
Economic Growth
Government Fragmentation
Government Consolidation
Competition
Decentralization
File:: Download Dissertation_Published_Version.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephen Michael Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Martin Shields, Committee Member
Stephan J Goetz, Committee Member
Timothy Wayne Kelsey, Committee Member
Dr Amy Glasmeier, Committee Member

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