The biofuel industry in the US has experienced rapid growth in recent years, in part fueled by government incentives, which has led several academics to conduct cost-benefit analyses on biofuels. In this paper, I focus in on the issue of changes in land and fertilizer use as a cost of increasing...

The main focus of this paper is to analyze whether a country-specific commodity price index and a food production index have strong explanatory power on determining the volume of United States foreign food aid flows to low-income countries. The study uses panel data for seventy-six countries...

This study will investigate several variables that affect the hotel industry cycle across the time line. These benchmarks include average daily rates (ADR), revenue per available room (REVPAR), occupancy rates (percentages), supply of rooms, and economic indicators. Since New Orleans' industry...

The economic repercussions of September 11th are unique in that never before have economists needed to forecast and examine the impact of an event of such magnitude. This paper explains many of the economic effects of September l Ith, from the initial aftermath to recent developments. These...