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A study of the Mexican sugar industry and the impact of the new suspension agreement under different market structures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the possibility of sugar industry collusion in Mexico, given government policy, and to assess the economic impact of the new trade restrictions on Mexican sugar exports under different ...
Three essays on entrepreneurship theory and practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation investigates entrepreneurship theory through the perspective of empirical study, case study, and the history of economic thought. The ...
A study of collective entrepreneurship using agent-based modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
In this paper, three alternative accounts of collective intentionality and shared agency, namely Bratman (2014), Gilbert (2014), and Tuomela (2013) are examined. Each of the three accounts of group formation around shared ...
Three essays on economics of water resources management in Nepal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
First essay consists of two steps. First, Technical Efficiency (TE) index is estimated for upriver and downriver ecoregions employing DEA technique. In the second stage, we censored the TE index and run the Tobit regression ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Organic milk demand and supply in the U.S. and implications for organic milk industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Organic food in the U.S. has attracted great interest from consumers since the late 1990s for health and environmental reasons. Organic dairy is the second largest organic food group after fruit and vegetables. Sales of ...
Potential for dairy exports to the UK post-brexit : bilateral partial equilibrium modeling in the presence of trade barriers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union has potential effects on the impacts of future trade between the United States and the United Kingdom. Import demand systems were created to develop a model that ...
Analysis of the economic value associated with the adoption of beef reproductive technologies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
Beef cattle herd improvement to meet growing demand for higher quality beef has been an aspiration within the cattle industry since inception. Throughout the heartland, progressive cow-calf producers invest and adopt ...
Identity and reputation in organizational collectives
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
This research explores the attributes of the identity-based mechanisms of group collective action. Recognizing that wine trails are organizational collectives that market themselves and the region in which they reside, the ...
Combating structural racialization in the agriculture industry : a case study of Hmong social capital and collective entrepreneurship in the Twin Cities, MN region
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Throughout the United States, the agriculture industry has witnessed a demographic shift in its farming population- becoming older, more white, and dominated by men. It, therefore, is imperative that we seek to understand ...
A sustainable livelihood resource evaluation of communities that participated in a livestock development project a decade ago
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Livestock projects are a popular type of development activity to provide resources that farmers can use to positively change their livelihoods. Recently NGOs have been moving towards more holistic approaches of monitoring ...
Three essays on trade credit theory and empirical evidence from agro-food firms in Africa and United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In a quest to understand the motives for use of trade credit in inter-firm trade, many theories have been put forward. The empirical literature on trade ...
Three essays on agricultural trade and policy /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The first essay introduces a new method to measure non-tariff barriers (NTBs). NTBs to agricultural trade are believed to have increased while tariffs ...
Adaptations to the agricultural risk coverage program and their consequences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) program was created in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 2014 as a shallow loss program protecting against year to year declines in farm income. The 2014 farm bill redirected commodity ...
U.S. apple market response to change in pesticide regulations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Concerns about the future of the pollinator population have led to the possibility of the registration for the neonicotinoid, imidacloprid, not being renewed for pesticide use in the United States. Supply and demand equations ...
Three essays on the idiosyncrasies of a perennial crop : the case of the US almond market
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The United States (US) is the dominant global producer and exporter of almonds, and its exports are sensitive to both the supply and demand in other countries. In the first essay a proposed framework that captures supply ...
Climate variation and corn price volatility : a partial equilibrium model
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Projected future climate changes in the US Corn Belt provides motivation to study how these changes will affect the volatility of crop prices. Recent publications focused on how these changes in climate and climate variability ...
Three essays on the adoption of environmental management innovations in residential areas /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
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