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Three essays on the demand system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
. We use annual country-level data from the Aglink-Cosimo model data of the OECD-FAO and include 11 regional groups including 45 countries and regions. For the analysis, we extend the EASI model by including the regional group fixed effects and estimate...
Three essays on Renewable Portfolio Standards
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
The first essay investigates the technical efficiencies of South Korean solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants by type: ground-mounted PV (GPV) and rooftop PV (BPV). The two-step stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) of the ...
Three essays on applied economics and finance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This dissertation empirically analyzes the financial decision-making of private and public corporations. It comprises four main chapters. The second and third chapters examine how private agents respond to fiscal policies regarding taxes...
Three essays on the economics of pesticide use
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Pesticides primarily benefit humans in terms of protection of food production, prevention of diseases, and weed control, but also potentially harm people and the environment. Given increasing current interest in human ...
Youth agripreneurship development in Benin : lessons for scaling up from Songhai Center agripreneurs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] The advent of the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine have raised many issues, including the need and urgency to strengthen local food systems. Ecological agriculture and regenerative agriculture ...