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Vulnerabilities and Economic Wellbeing of Hispanics in Non-Metro Missouri
Valdivia, Corinne; Dozi, Pedro V. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005
Non-metro Missouri has observed a net in-migration in the last decennial period and great part of these immigrants are Latinos (Lazos and Jeanetta). The literature contends that Latinos are being pulled into the rural areas by large agricultural operations and pushed out of urban areas by harsh...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005327318
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Intrafirm Effects on Water Conservation in Agriculture
Moreno, Georgina - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005
Conservation technology adoption behavior is frequently analyzed at the smallest unit of production to capture important heterogeneity among adopters. Conclusions about firm-level decisions are drawn from these microunit outcomes. However, there may be significant intrafirm interactions that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005327328
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PANEL ESTIMATION OF WATER DEMAND BASED ON AN EPISODE OF RATE REFORM
Moreno, Georgina; Sunding, David L.; Schoengold, Karina - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004
Agriculture is by far the dominant user of water in the western United States and in nearly all arid regions of the planet. Despite this fact and despite a growing push to rely on price mechanisms for rationalizing water allocation, there are few econometric studies of agricultural water demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060978
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An Economic Analysis of Water Infrastructure Investments, Agricultural Productivity and Climate Change in the Mekong Delta: Adapting to Increased Salinity and Sea Level Rise
Corderi Novoa, David; Williams, Jeffrey C.; Howitt, … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/24/11.
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Agricultural Production under Climate Change: The Potential Impacts of Shifting Regional Water Balances in the U.S.
Marshall, Liz; Aillery, Marcel; Malcolm, Scott; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
General circulation models predict significant and accelerating changes in local patterns of precipitation and temperature over the next century. The vulnerability of agriculture to climate change will depend on both the biophysical impacts of climate change on crop yields and on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068944
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Economic Implications of Winter-run Chinook Salmon Conservation through Water Management in the Southern Delta
Yoon, Haengku - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
Recent legal restrictions on water exports in the Southern Delta to protect listed fish populations have brought public attention to the trade-off relationship between fish conservation and agricultural economy. The restrictions may result in losses of agricultural returns in the Central Valley....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068636
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The Effect of Fishery Management on Information Sharing Networks and Social Capital
Dunham, Gabriel; Uchida, Emi; Uchida, Hirotsugu - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
levels of social capital in commercial fisheries. This study employs network and econometric analyses to examine social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916195
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Productivity Growth and Product Choice in Fisheries: the Case of the Alaskan Pollock Fishery Revisited
Torres, Marcelo de Oliveira; Felthoven, Ronald G. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
Many fisheries worldwide have exhibited marked decreases in profitability and fish stocks during the last few decades … practiced in the US federally managed fisheries off Alaska since the mid 1990’s. The Bering Sea pollock fishery is one such … American Fisheries Act (AFA) this fishery was converted from a limited access fishery to a rationalized fishery in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916453
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Multi-Market Trading for Cooperative Resource Management: An Application to Water Pollution and Fisheries
Horan, Richard D.; Shortle, James S. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Increasingly, environmental problems are recognized to involve linkages across multiple environmental variables (e.g., pollution and a fishery). Prior work on managing these complex, linked systems generally focuses on efficiency rather than implementation. However, implementation is important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020907
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Optimal Management of a Fishery with Bycatch
Melstrom, Richard T. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
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