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A Study on Factors Affecting U.S. Bilateral Trade with Her Major Trading Partners
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The objective of this study is to analyze factors affecting U.S. bilateral trade with her major trading partners, including exchange rate, GDP, economic structure, market openness, and free trade agreements. Six commodity ...
Effects of Winter Weather Risk on the Profitability of Beef Feedlots in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This study examines the effects of management decisions, animal performance, weather risk, and economic variables on the profitability of the beef feedlot in North Dakota using data from the Dakota Feeder Calf Show and ...
Valuing Origin Switching Options Using Monte Carlo Simulation
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Commodity trading firms work to remain competitive in the evolving agricultural industry. They work to become more efficient by increasing economies of size and scale, vertically and horizontally integrating, and diversifying ...
India's Ethanol Import Demand: A Structural Model Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
In 2020 India is expected to be a net importer of ethanol for the 6th year in a row since 2012 (Aradhey, Amit, 2019). The drivers of net importation are government policy, strong economic growth, and weak domestic ethanol ...
The Impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act on Sub-Sahara African Value-Added Agricultural Exports
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
This thesis uses new measures of value added trade for agricultural exports which originate from Sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries and go to the United States of America (U.S.A.). First, the impact of the African Growth ...
Marijuana Legalization Effect on Opioid Abuse: A Synthetic Control Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
The opioid epidemic constitutes one of the worst drug crises in the history of U.S. State-level policies, in general, have done little to prevent prescription opioid abuse. A noteworthy exception to other clinical efforts ...
Business Risk, Financial Risk, and Liquidity Management on U.S. Farms - Evidence From Selected States
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Risk management is pivotal to agribusiness decision-making, and researchers have developed various models to disentangle factors underlying farmers’ risk decisions. This thesis argues that an appropriate model should ...
North Dakota College Students' Perceptions of GM and Organic
(North Dakota State University, 2004)
This research evaluates perceptions of genetically modified (GM) and organic food among
North Dakota college students. Students responded to one of two survey instruments
containing identical wording except for reference ...
Ethanol Policy, Commodity Revenue, and Import Quantity Demand: The United States and Brazil
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Brazil and the United States have been major players in the ethanol industry for over a decade. Both countries have a strong policy backing to push the production and use of the renewable fuel while other parts of the world ...
Case Studies in Farm Management
(North Dakota State University, 2006)
Previous research on teaching methods in economics demonstrates the need for active learning. The use of case studies is one way to fill that need. Two case studies are developed; they can be used to give students experience ...