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The Impact of the Panama Canal Expansion on U.S. Soybean Exports
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Panama Canal Expansion on the flow of soybeans from producing regions in the U.S. to its ports for export. Specific objectives of this study were to determine ... -
Impact of Trade Openness on Technical Efficiency: Agricultural Sector of the European Union
(North Dakota State University, 2014)This thesis examines the impact of trade openness (TOP) on technical efficiency (TE) in the agricultural sector of the European Union (EU). The hypothesis is that TOP, the share of agricultural imports and exports relative ... -
The Impacts of Cost-Reducing Technology in the Gold and Oil Industries
(North Dakota State University, 2019)This thesis explores the question of what drives the development of cost-reducing technology. It will also explore this question in the gold and oil industries. It will integrate Paul Romer’s idea that investment in ... -
The Impacts of Expected Structural Changes in Demand for Agricultural Commodities in China and India on World Agriculture
(North Dakota State University, 2009)The objective of this study is to evaluate the changes in import and export demand in China and India on the United States and global agriculture in 2018. A spatial equilibrium model is developed to optimize production and ... -
Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Housing Markets
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Efficient housing markets are critical for economic stability in the United States. Over one million people died in the United States from COVID-19. One method employed to halt the spread of the virus were stay-at-home ... -
Importance of Contract Attributes on Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment Decisions in the Prairie Pothole Region
(North Dakota State University, 2015)U.S. farmers’ interest in CRP has waned. Enrollment for 2015 was targeted at 26 million acres but as of the end of February, actual enrollment had declined to 24.6 million acres (USDA, 2015). Available studies point to ... -
Income and Price Effect on Bilateral Trade and Consumption Through Expenditure Channel: A Case of Chickpea
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Income and price affect chickpea trade expenditure and consumption expenditure share respectively. An empirical model was estimated to examine the trade effect through the expenditure channel using Almost Ideal Demand ... -
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 ... -
Interest Rate and Commodity Price Impacts on Farm-Level Financials
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The agriculture industry has been around for hundreds of years. Although farmers and ranchers work every day to put food on the tables of billions of people from all around the world, most agricultural producers require ... -
Intermarket Trading Strategies and Risk
(North Dakota State University, 2013)The purpose of this thesis is to research methods that will be used to discover the profitability and risk of spatially arbitraging soybeans. A portfolio is used to analyze trading strategies, and the dependence measures ... -
Investigation of the International Food-Grade Soybean Market
(North Dakota State University, 2013)This study provides an overview of the international soybean market and takes a look at a case study of an exporter and their target markets, China, Japan, and South Korea. Then it estimates future soybean import demands ... -
Investing in United States Farmland: A Capital Asset Pricing Model Analysis
(North Dakota State University, 2019)This study examines the risk and returns to owning United States farmland. State, regional, and national farmland returns from 1998 to 2018 are analyzed via the capital asset pricing model. Results show that farmland may ... -
Lipoic Acid Supplementation in the Ovariectomized Ewe
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Inadequate concentrations of progesterone during gestation can result in impaired embryonic growth and losses. These losses may be attributed to an overactive mechanism of progesterone catabolism or improper luteal function, ... -
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 ... -
Mapping the Unconventional Monetary Policy of the Fed with Financial Market
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The value of currency in circulation and the value of the assets side of the balance sheet has become a choice variable for implementing policy under the monetary policy framework introduced by Ben Bernanke during the 2008 ... -
Margin-at-Risk for Agricultural Processors: Flour Milling Scenarios
(North Dakota State University, 2011)Historic market volatility has made risk management decisions by firms in the agricultural supply chain more challenging. Market risk measurement methods, such as Value-at-Risk, were developed in the financial industry to ... -
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 ... -
Measures of Bank Performance, Liquidity Risk and Their Relationship with Farm Income Volatility
(North Dakota State University, 2016)The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of farm-level risk on bank performance in the state of North Dakota. Farm-level risk has been quantified into a single measure of the volatility of net farm income. ... -
A Meta-Analysis of Studies Addressing the Impact of GBH on Human, Animal Health and the Environment
(North Dakota State University, 2022)The herbicide glyphosate has been tested and approved by both the FDA and the USDA, as evidenced by many published research papers, i.e., they are deemed safe for humans, animals, and the environment. However, evidence is ... -
Minimum Cost Beef Backgrounding Ration Utilizing Alternative Feedstuffs and Stochastic Prices
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Cattle producers on the Northern Great Plains have many feedstuffs available. Feedstuffs comprise a large portion of direct costs producers face, and to be profit maximizing producers they look to minimize this cost. This ...