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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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
The effect of organizational structure on firm first day underpricing, long-term performance : evidence from U.S. biotech initial public offerings from 1996 to 2004
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This paper investigates the effect of organizational structure on firm first-day return (underpricing), and long-term performance. Using 206 United ...
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 ...
Expanding our understanding of effective entrepreneurship and leadership processes : an application to the wine sector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
The recent economic recession in the U.S. and in the E.U. is enhancing entrepreneurship processes around the world. Old forms of production are becoming obsolete along with old ways of organizing the economy and society. ...
Program attributes that impact a farmer's willingness-to-accept participation in a high oleic soybean (hos) segregation program : a choice experiment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
HOS need to be segregated from commodity grain at the farm and through the rest of the food chain so that high oleic soybeans and oils do not get commingled with their bulk counterpart. Production on farm is typically ...
Organizational diversity in U.S. emerging wine regions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This dissertation analyzes the institutional structure of production in U.S. emerging wine regions. More specifically, it scrutinizes the grape procurement strategies of firms from five states - Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, ...
Comprehensive wealth measurement and spatial hedonic analysis : social capital and social amenities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The last decade has seen a growing interest in the concept of comprehensive wealth, which is defined as including intangible and non-market as well as tangible and market assets. This dissertation responds to this rising ...
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 ...
Three essays on agricultural price volatility
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The three essays of this dissertation cover issues of understanding and managing price uncertainty across the meat value chain and related futures market. The first essay discussed the implications of recent change in ...
Analysis of the average crop revenue election program, a representative farm approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
The Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program was created in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. The program is intended to help offset years of low market revenues for agricultural producers. However, those who enroll in ACRE must...
The residual control roles of cooperative board of directors : a preliminary comparative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
. This dissertation examines how the boards of directors, acting as an internal governance mechanism, differ in perception, behavior, and ability across two unique forms of economic organization. A sample of 115 agricultural cooperative members, who serve...
Estimating India's soy protein consumption and exporting soy products to India
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
India holds a large percentage of the world's population at over 16%. India is a relatively poor country with an estimated per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of only $650 compared to the U.S. at $39,000 in estimated ...
Comparing the impacts of biofuels using survey and non-survey data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This paper utilizes survey data to compare several non-survey methods of modeling the economic impacts of biofuels plants. It examines differences in the input coefficients derived from the survey versus the trade coefficients ...
Three essays on spatial, vertical price transmission and asymmetric supply response in livestock sectors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The objective of this dissertation is to examine efficient price transmission mechanism and efficient supply system in livestock sectors. The first essay investigates market integration and spatial price transmission in ...
Three essays on water management strategies in response to climate change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Due to climate change, the amount of rainfall, and its uneven temporal and spatial distribution, affect water availability. As a result, both households and farmers need to adapt to climate change by taking appropriate ...
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 ...