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Recent Changes In The Characteristics Of Unemployed Workers
(Department of Economics, 2009)
We examine how gender, racial, and ethnic variation in unemployment and Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt changed over time in the U.S. economy and how these changes are influenced by shifts in the occupational and ...
Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis
(Department of Economics, 2010)
In this paper, we evaluate the labor-market returns to General Educational Development (GED) certification using Missouri administrative data. We develop a fuzzy regression discontinuity (FRD) method to account for the ...
Strategic Choice of Channel Structure in an Oligopoly
(Department of Economics, 2011)
The traditional wisdom holds that the benefits of a decentralized channel structure arise from downstream competitive relationships. In contrast, Arya and Mittendorf (2007) showed that the value of decentralization can ...
Estimating Estate-Specific Price-to-Rent Ratios in Shanghai and Shenzhen: A Bayesian Approach
(Department of Economics, 2010)
The price-to-rent ratio, a common yardstick for the value of housing, is difficult to estimate when rental properties are poor substitutes of owner-occupied homes. In this study we estimate price-to-rent ratios of residential ...
Implications of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard for State and National Ethanol Use
(2009-08)
This is a partial analysis of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) setting out carbon emission reduction targets for California. Emission estimates of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) are explored in a two-step ...
U.S. Pork Imports and Exports
(2006-05)
The changes in U.S. pork trade in the past 20 years are quite impressive. U.S. pork exports have grown from 86 million pounds carcass weight equivalent in 1986 to 2.66 billion pounds in 2005. This paper discusses the changes ...
Emerging IP Markets: The Tokyo Grain Exchange Non-GMO Soybean Contract
(2002-05)
This research provides an overview of the development of the Tokyo Grain Exchange non-GMO soybean contract as an identity preserved futures contract. The development of this contract is unique, relative to the development ...
Economic Feasibility of Impermeable Lagoon Covers
(2002-04)
This paper addresses the economic feasibility of complying with the proposed rule of “a zero discharge requirement from the production area that does not allow for an overflow under any circumstances,” presented as “Option ...
The Economic and Social Value of Floodplain Agroforestry to Rural Development
(2002-02)
This study presents the initial findings of two research activities conducted to understand the role of stakeholders with potential influence in decisions to adopt agroforestry practices. This includes land owners, farmers, ...
Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Characteristics and Importance to Climatic Uncertainty
(2002-02)
This paper details the importance of indigenous knowledge systems in developing countries around the world. Farmers, communities, and households that live in risky environments, have developed intricate systems of ...
Are Internal Capital Markets Good for Innovation?
(2007-07)
Which type of firm is more innovative: the decentralized, diversified corporation or
the smaller, more narrowly focused “entrepreneurial” firm? According to one argument, diversified corporations can do more R&D because ...
Factors Affecting Wheat Proteins Premiums
(2003-10)
This study used the Rosen methodology of deriving a marginal implicit price series of a characteristic from traditional first-stage hedonic modeling and then using this series to estimate a demand model for the characteristic ...
Benefits of COOL to the Swine Industry
(2003-05)
The 2002 Farm Bill contained a controversial provision mandating country of origin labeling (COOL) of certain unprocessed foods (beef, pork, lamb, fish, seafood, peanuts, fruits and vegetables) sold through non-small grocery ...
The Effect of Trust on Public Support for Biotechnology: Evidence from the U.S. Biotechnology Study, 1997-1998
(2002-05)
The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which trust directly affects public support for biotechnology, particularly in applications to food production and genetic modification of crop plants. Unlike previous ...
Competitive Effects of Mass Customization
(Department of Economics, 2010)
Earlier theoretical literature on mass customization maintains that customization
reduces product differentiation and intensifies price competition. In contrast, operations management studies argue that customization ...
What's the Matter with Relatedness?
(2010-10)
A core proposition of the resource-based view of the firm is that related diversification is more efficient than unrelated diversification. Nevertheless, the empirical evidence is usually described as mixed or unstable. ...
Is the Just Man a Happy Man? An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Ethics and Subjective Well-being
(2010-11)
This paper considers the question of whether ethical decision-making affects a person's happiness. Using cross-country data from the World Values Survey, it is discovered that people who agree that it is never justifiable ...
Determinants of Beef and Pork Brand Equity
(2003-11)
A set of consumer-level characteristic demand models were estimated to determine the level of brand equity for pork and beef meat cuts. Results indicate that brand premiums and discounts vary by private, national, and store ...
Contracting for Consistency: Hog Quality and the Use of Marketing Contracts
(Social Science Research Network, 2009-03)
Despite the dramatic change in the organization of the US hog industry over the
past two decades, the existing literature offers little insight into the decision by pork
packers to use long-term marketing contracts, which ...
The Role of Industry and Occupation in U.S. Unemployment Differentials by Gender, Race and Ethnicity: Recent Trends
(Department of Economics, 2010)
We examine how gender, racial, and ethnic variation in unemployment and Unemployment Insurance (UI) receipt changed over time in the U.S. economy and how these changes are influenced by shifts in the occupational and ...