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Three essays on food security, agricultural productivity, and commodity basis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
The proposed research is constructed around the theme of food security, agricultural productivity, and commodity basis. The first paper analyzes the impacts of COVID-19 on the Bangladesh rice market within the framework of a partial equilibrium...
A partial equilibrium model of the Chinese swine industry scenarios and comments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Using a partial equilibrium model of the Chinese swine industry, the author evaluates alternative recovery scenarios from the current African Swine ...
Eat MO beef : effects of regional labeling on Missouri consumers' beef preferences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
With recent activity suggesting a desire to increase Missouri's meat processing capacity, it is necessary to provide consumer data for industry consideration. The objective of this research is to empirically measure Missouri ...
Contract practices and contract design in the U.S. hemp industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Lack of specific literature on contracting in the new United States' hemp industry is an increasing concern for agricultural economists and market participants. The purpose of this study is to investigate the current state of contracting between...
Effects of partially decoupled payments on production decisions and their relation to farmers' demographics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This thesis examines how farmers' production decisions are affected by policy scenarios involving a base acreage update, an increase in Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments, and an increase in market receipts...
Understanding how violence impacts rural mexico: a cross sectional analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Violence has negative impacts on the wellbeing of civilians, but it specifically has a stronger impact on the rural poor. In Mexico, the rural poor are often ignored in academic research and in policies that address violence, ...
Three essays on the Conservation Reserve Program
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
, sequestering carbon, and providing wildlife habitat (FSA, 2018). In order to evaluate the net impact of the program on the environment and on agricultural markets, it is important to understand both direct and indirect effects. The study fills gaps...
Rural agglomeration : how does the distribution of people across rural America affect entrepreneurship?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Where people live affects a region's economy. Urban economists have long analyzed the effects of large and densely settled regions -- urban agglomerations -- on the local economy, finding that people and businesses in these ...
An applied economic analysis of the demand for pork primal cuts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This study estimates domestic disappearance equations for the six main pork primal cuts (belly, butt, ham, loin, picnic, and rib) to determine the own-price, cross-price, and income elasticities for each cut. These equations ...
The ecology of organizational forms in local and regional food systems: exploring the scaling-up challenge via a species concept
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Over the past 30 years, Western nations have developed alternative systems for exchanging agrofood products which incorporate social values into the transactional environment. These systems are comprised of many different ...
Nudging meat eaters towards plant-based meat alternatives : an online supermarket experiment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
We implement a non-hypothetical online grocery shopping experiment to study the impact of health and environment related information nudges on consumers' purchases of meat and plant-based meat alternatives. More specifically, ...
How distributed energy resources and dynamic pricing interact to modify residential electricity loads
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
In this paper, we develop a model to analyze the effects of different electricity pricing regimes on the consumption decisions of consumers with installed solar photovoltaic generation assets under different asset ...
Three essays on demand for meat and dairy products evidence from household level data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Dairy and meat demand is not only influenced by prices and income but also by generational cohort (Millennial, Gen X, Baby Boomers, and Traditionalists), race, and other demographic factors. This study examines the demand ...
Three essays on the commercialization of university discoveries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Universities commercialize their discoveries at an increasing pace in order to maximize their economic impact and generate additional funding for ...
Insights for rural health care provider retention : a quantitative survey analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Due to rural health disparities and an uneven distribution of health providers across the rural urban continuum, retaining the existing rural health care provider workforce may be an important strategy to maintain existing ...