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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"Resource Economics"”.
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Essays in water resource economics
This dissertation presents three studies on the economics of water use and quality. The first two chapters analyze farmers' irrigation behavior both empirically and theoretically. Finally, the third chapter looks at how effective regulations are in changing firms' water polluting behavior. In …
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Computational Methods in Natural Resource Economics: Agent-Based Modeling and Hotelling's Rule
… expected behavior of a market for a nonrenewable resource. The statement is simple - marginal profit will increase at the prevailing rate of interest - but the implications are far-reaching and not broadly understood. Agent-based modeling is a computer modeling and simulation methodology. It has …
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Roads, Rights, and Rewards: Three Program Evaluations in Environmental and Resource Economics
… three program evaluations in environmental and resource economics. In the first chapter, I ask whether rural roads can contribute to a reversal of tree cover loss. Prior literature shows roads to be strong drivers of deforestation; however, I hypothesize that in some settings the opposite …
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Two Cost Analyses in Resource Economics: The Public Service Costs of Alternative Land Settlement Patterns and Effluent Allowance Trading in Long Island Sound
… policy decisions on the use of land and water resources. The first presents some public service costs associated with different spatial forms of land development. The second cost analysis presents costs associated with three different policy options for meeting water quality goals in Long …
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Two Essays on Resource Economics: A Study of the Statistical Evidence for Global Warming and An Analysis of Overcompliance with Effluent Standards Among Wastewater Treatment Plants
These papers analyze two issues in resource economics that are currently debated in academic and policy arenas: global warming and overcompliant behavior amongst regulated sources of water pollution. The first paper examines the evidence for global warming in particular, the published estimates of …
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Three Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Papers in Environmental Economics
… to the literature on environmental and resource economics in three distinct ways but with the overarching goal of demonstrating the usefulness of experimental techniques to explore topics related to the environment. First, chapter one demonstrates the feasibility and draw-backs of using …
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Nature's contributions to people: socio-economic assessments of strategies to conserve natural capital and guide the sustainable provision and equitable distribution of ecosystem services in developing countries
Natural resources continue to be unsustainably used and their benefits inequitably shared. In many instances economic incentives and resource management approaches have not led to the sustainable use or equitable distribution of the benefits of natural resources such as fisheries and forests. This …
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Examining the Influence of Landscape on Natural Resource Management in the American West: A Geospatial Approach
Landscapes can influence natural resource values and management in a variety of ways. These diverse influences can be generated by biophysical or social systems, or interactions between systems. This dissertation examines the landscape determinants of natural resource values and management. Chapter …
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Investigating Grassland and Cropland Conversion Decisions in the Dakotas, 2015 Producers Survey and Analysis
<p>This study investigates grassland and cropland conversion decisions in the Dakotas. Data from a 2015 survey completed by 1,026 producers located in 57 counties of the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) were used to evaluate land conversions. This thesis attempts to identify the land use conversion …
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Consumption Smoothing and Labor Supply Allocation Decisions: Evidence from Tanzania
<p>This paper tests the hypothesis that agricultural households engage in intermittent wage labor as a way to smooth consumption in the face of idiosyncratic shocks to agricultural income. Using data on agricultural households from the Tanzanian LSMS-ISA National Panel Survey and global commodity …
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