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An evaluation of technical efficiency of small farm households Chuong My district, Ha Tay province, Vietnam
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The research focused on technical efficiency in small farm households in Chuong My District- Ha Tay Province in Vietnam. The goal was to find the ...
Three essays on healthcare access and efficiency
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation is composed of three papers relating to healthcare access and efficiency. Focus of the first paper is to develop a gravity-based ...
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 ...
Three essays on value-added beef strategies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The first essay examines Missouri cow-calf producer survey data to determine the impact that producer, operation and management characteristics; production risk; and location have on the adoption of reproductive technologies. ...
External equity financing of agrifood firms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This dissertation investigates the determinants that influence a firm's decision to use external private equity in agriculture. Scholars have recognized the benefits of external equity finance for agricultural firms (i.e., ...
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 ...
A mathematical simulation of Asian options on the Tokyo Grain Exchange
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Financial derivatives have had a phenomenal growth in trading and research in the last three decades. New markets, with niche products have created interesting trading opportunities. The Tokyo Grain Exchange created a ...
A structural model of the international coffee sector : an econometric investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
The primary objective of this research was to build an econometric model of the international coffee sector that could be used to simulate alternative scenarios including macroeconomic changes, potential technological ...
Consumer behavior changes across income levels : meat market analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study intends to test how consumer behavior changes across income levels using time series data of the meat markets in Korea and the U.S. An income growth is one of the most significant and powerful trends in the ...
Mobile phones and market participation among smallholder farmers in the Bolivian altiplano
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Farm households in the developing world who choose to be self-sufficient, instead of producing for the market, lack the money necessary for purchasing what cannot be produced within the home. It has been noted that households ...
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 ...
Three essays in regional economic modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
My dissertation is about regional economic modeling for understanding local economy, economic impact analysis and forecasting. In the first essay, I developed a nonspatial version of community policy analysis model for Missouri counties. In my...
Effectiveness of participatory approaches in sustainable rural development: analyzing case studies in Uzbekistan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Access to quality water is a constraint and a source of waterborne diseases among the rural population of Uzbekistan. To address the need for quality water the government cooperates with many international financial and ...
Are structural changes in the agri-food sector causing the instability of parochial ag-producers?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
. Game theory modeling suggests that parochial networks can be evolutionary stable, because of improved cooperation that promotes trust, despite constraints to scale efficiencies that may hinder economic performance (Bowles and Gintis, 2004). This study...
Income inequality within and between villages in a rural region of China
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The economic reforms during the past eighteen years in China have increased income inequality. This study investigates the impact of policy changes on income inequality both...
The impact of Wal-Mart on the rural retail wage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study uses panel data to test the impact of Wal-Mart on the rural retail wage. There are observations from 2,986 counties in the contiguous United States from 1990-2005. Previous studies have reported mixed findings ...
Three essays on agricultural policy and food demand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
little is known about how these policies affect wheat market prices in China. I develop and use a structural economic model to conduct a counterfactual analysis in this study. I evaluate the wheat market effects of government marketing activities during...
Three essays on water management strategies in response to climate change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
water use. Moreover, adoption of pressure irrigation systems could reduce soybean water use or increase corn yield. Adoption of pressure irrigation increases the economic irrigation water use efficiency on soybean farms. The findings from MLMs show...
Three essays on entrepreneurship : theory, measurement, and environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation consists of three essays. In Essay One, I question the conventional wisdom that economic transactions are governed either by the price mechanism or by the authority of the firm. I argue that the exchange of information...
An alternative futures analysis of Flathead County, Montana : evaluating tradeoffs among economic growth, land use policy and land use change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Nine alternative futures were developed for Flathead County, MT for two study periods. The alternative futures involve different combinations of assumptions regarding future economic growth and land use polices. The alternative futures were...