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A Nonlinear IV Likelihood-Based Rank Test for Multivariate Time Series and Long Panels
(Berkeley Electronic Press, 2010)
A test for the rank of a vector error correction model (VECM) or panel VECM based on the well-known trace test is proposed. The proposed test employs instrumental variables (IV's)generated by a class of nonlinear functions ...
An empirical assessment of the political and gendered consequences of economic sanctions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This project investigates the unintended political and gender-specific effects of economic sanctions in target countries. Drawing insight from the existing literature...
Commercial horticulture : turf weed control (2003)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2003)
Economic Impacts of Not Extending Biofuel Subsidies
(AgBioForum, 2007)
The exponential growth of the biofuels industry has created significant increases in feed prices to the livestock sector. In February and March of 2007, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Pork ...
Biofuel policies and food grain commodity prices 2006-2012 : all boom and no bust?
(AgBioForum, 2013)
Biofuels policies have a large impact on food-grain commodity prices, first and foremost by linking biofuel prices to feedstock prices. The multiplier effect of higher biofuel prices on feedstock prices is shown to be very ...
Library news notes, 1991-1992
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Libraries, 1991)
Newsletter for the personnel of the University of Missouri--Columbia Libraries.
Oil price shocks and stock market behavior : empirical evidence for the U.S. and European Countries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
not respond to the oil price shocks. According to the literature, oil price shocks have an asymmetric effect on economic activity and the stock market in that oil price increases have a greater impact than oil price decreases. However, in this dissertation...
Biotic interactions in organic farm systems
(2009)
Fire, drought, and grazing were primary ecological drivers of the historical Great Plains' prairie ecosystem. The suppression of fire, a shift in grazing and cropping systems, and the introduction of windbreaks and other ...
The Role of Biotechnology in a Sustainable Biofuel Future
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Biofuel production has increased dramatically since 2000, impacting markets for food and fuel. This article uses a partial equilibrium model to simulate biofuel impacts. We find that US biofuel production imposes costs on ...
Technology Fees Versus GURTs in the Presence of Spillovers : World Welfare Impacts
(AgBioForum, 2005)
A two-country extension of an ex ante simulation model of research and development (R&D) in agriculture developed by Lence, Hayes, McCunn, Smith, and Niebur (2005) is used to analyze issues regarding intellectual property ...
Welfare and Work in the 1990s: Experiences in Six Cities
(Department of Economics, 2004)
Our study examines the dynamic structure of welfare participation and the labor market involvement of recipients starting in the early 1990s and extending through 1999 in the core counties containing six major urban areas: ...
Economic Impacts of Not Extending Biofuels Subsidies
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-05)
This study uses a stochastic model to analyze the impact of not extending the ethanol tax credit, the ethanol import tariff, or the $1.00 per gallon biodiesel tax credit on the biofuels and agricultural commodity markets.
Growing Missouri’s aquaculture industry : marketing study
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2023)
The U.S. Census of Aquaculture estimated $1.5 billion in total sales accrued nationally to producers in 2018. Of all aquaculture sales, 47% originated from food fish sales. Following food fish were mollusks at 29% of all ...
The Long-Run Impact of Corn-Based Ethanol on the Grain, Oilseed, and Livestock Sectors with Implications for Biotech Crops
(AgBioForum, 2007)
The ongoing growth of corn-based ethanol production raises some fundamental questions about what impact continued growth will have on US and world agriculture. Estimates of the long-run potential for ethanol production can ...
Natural disaster, information technology, and agriculture production in Vietnam : evidence from panel data analysis
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2023)
influence coping mechanisms for responding to natural disasters and so increase agricultural productivity. This paper examines (1) the degree to which agriculture production in Vietnam is impacted by natural disasters such as floods, drought, typhoons...
Community gardening toolkit : a resource for planning, enhancing and sustaining your community gardening project (2015)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2015)
Mizzou weekly, volume 20, number 05 (September 24, 1998)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 1998)
Three essays on assimilation and acculturation of international instructors at U.S. research universities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation consists of three chapters that answer an overarching question: "How do foreign-born instructors assimilate and acculturate into U.S. academia as an immigrant-receiving environment?" Across the three ...
Essays on machine learning applications in economics : causal inference and prediction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
not possess statistical significance. Overall, the effects tend to expand with years of experience. We also discuss possible economic mechanisms and reasons. In the third chapter, we build machine learning and simple linear models to predict academic paper...
Testing a model of the psychology of working theory with formerly incarcerated adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
hypotheses were tested within the model, which included economic constraints and marginalization as negative predictors of work volition. A direct, negative effect of perceived marginalization on decent work was also identified. Further support of the PWT...