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The Valuation of Agricultural Biotechnology: The Real Options Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
This study develops a real options model of agbiotechnology and is applied to three genetically modified (GM) traits. Each trait is evaluated as growth options where technical or marketing milestones must be completed ...
Logistic Strategies for an Herbaceous Crop Residue-Based Ethanol Production Industry : An Application to Northeastern North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
A mixed integer programming model is developed to determine a logistical design for maximizing rates of return to harvest, storage, transportation, and bioreflning of herbaceous crop residue for production of biofuels and ...
Productivity Growth in the U.S. Trucking Industry
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
The performance of the trucking industry is very important to the economy given that it moves nearly 70 percent of the nation's freight (Tall et al. 2005). The more efficient and productive trucking fins are, the less the ...
Impact of Agricultural Productivity Changes on Agricultural Exports
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
This study uses linear programming and econometric tools to determine the impact of agricultural productivity (technology) on agricultural exports. The study determines total factor productivity (TFP) using the Malmquist ...
Factors Influencing Potato Production in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
Spatial shifts and structural changes continue to occur in the United States agricultural industry. Researchers have documented that the potato industry has changed in response to demands of consumers, expectations of ...
Time-Varying Estimation of Crop Insurance Program in Altering North Dakota Farm Economic Structure
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
This study examines how federal farm policies, specifically crop Insurance, have affected the farm economic structure of North Dakota's agriculture sector. The system of derived input demand equations is estimated to ...
Impact of Economic, Political, and Socio-Demographic Factors on the Parliamentary Election Outcomes in Central and Eastern European Countries
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
This study determines how economic, political, and socio-demographic factors impact the parliamentary election outcomes in central and eastern European countries in transition period. A one-way fixed-effect method has been ...
Examination of North Dakota's Production, Cost, and Profit Functions: A Quantile Regression Analysis
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
This thesis estimates the production, cost, and profit functions for North Dakota agriculture using state-level input-output quantity and price data for the period 1960-2004. A Cobb-Douglas functional form with Hick-neutral ...
Impact of Climate Change and Weather Variability on North Dakota Agriculture
(North Dakota State University, 2008)
This study used county-level yields and panel data (1950-2006) to explain the Impact of climate change and weather variability on North Dakota agriculture by estimating the effect of variation in temperature and precipitation ...