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AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ADOPTION DECISIONS AND SPATIAL DEPENDENCE IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FARMS AND WATERSHEDS

Kaufman, Zachary Dale - 2011

The objective of this study is to determine factors influencing the Best Management Practice (BMP) adoption decisions of farmers within 17 counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Specifically, the land-based characteristics of adoption are analyzed along with the spatial distribution of BMP...

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The Role of Governmental Organizational Form in Economic Growth

Grassmueck, Georg Gunter - 2006

In the economic growth literature there have been numerous theoretical and empirical studies that examined a multitude of potential factors and policies affecting economic growth, primarily public policies such as infrastructure, education, and taxes. While we have some understanding of how...

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Three Essays In United States Commercial Banking

Balasubramanyan, Lakshmi - 2010

The US commercial banking system has undergone dramatic consolidation. This consolidation has been in response to fundamental changes in regulation and technology. The banking and finance literature is abound with research attempting to quantify and evaluate a wide range of outcomes arising from...

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Incentives and Moral Hazard in Agri-Environmental Policy

Yano, Yuki - 2011

Agri-environmental programs have become popular in many countries as a means of improving environmental quality. In the United States, recent Farm Bills have progressively expanded the number and range of these programs beyond soil conservation to water quality and other issues. Economists have...

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Development, Technology Adoption, and Social Networks

Vasilaky, Kathryn Nadine - 2011

Agriculture remains a key component of economic development, but the methodology for how development policies are determined has changed for developing countries. In the last decade, the focus of economic growth in developing countries has shifted from country-wide prescriptions to testable...

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Modeling the impacts of area closures on the Hawaii longline fishery: A spatial-temporal economic model incorporating fish movement

Nemoto, Keiichi - 2002

Area closures have been widely used in the management of migratory fish and conservation of endangered marine species, but very few economic models are available to assess the impacts of a closure because economists have paid little attention to complexities in fishery management, such as...

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Essays on the efficiency of non-genetically modified (non-GM) and conventional soybean futures markets

Aruga, Kentaka - 2010

This dissertation explores issues related to efficiency, how efficiently markets transmit information, of non-genetically modified (GM) soybean and conventional soybean futures markets at the Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE). The first manuscript examines how efficiently non-GM and conventional...

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Assessing the costs and benefits of water use for production and the potential of water demand management in the Crocodile Catchment of South Africa

Crafford, Jacobus Gert - 2007

In South Africa, precipitation is extremely variable and water is scarce. South Africa is also a country with great welfare needs. Challenging economic development targets and plans therefore need to be implemented successfully within the constraints of limited water supply and unreliable water...

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Testing alternative methods for forecasting maize prices in South Africa

Labuschagne, Marlene Helena - 2011

of daily yellow maize closing prices as reported by the Agricultural Marketing Division (AMD) of the South African …

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Maize marketing strategies : the trade-off between risk and profit for a Mpumalanga maize farm

Cass, Lionel John - 2009

, but with it came many challenges with respect to grain marketing. It is well-known facts that the marketing of grain has … best grain marketing strategies at his or her disposal. Choosing the best grain marketing strategy will not only assist the … general objective of the study is to examine different marketing strategies and to determine the optimal maize marketing …

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