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The role of choice architecture in toilet design : a behavioral economics approach to water conservation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Fresh water is a renewable, but finite, and increasingly scarce resource. Strategies to reduce water consumption are becoming ever more important in order to minimize future water shortages. One such approach is to focus upon the publicly supplied...
Three essays on adoption of practices related to the environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This dissertation consists of three essays related to the adoption of technology. The first essay is about the adoption of manure best management practices (BMPs) such as manure testing. A data set from 2006 of U.S. farmers ...
A study of the impact national forests have on county population and employment densities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The U.S. National Forest Service owns and manages close to 200 million acres of land and has an annual budget in excess of $5.5 billion. This study seeks to understand the manner and extent to which national forests influence ...