Agribusiness & Applied Economics: Recent submissions
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How U.S. Agriculture Adjusts to Energy Price Changes
(North Dakota State University, 2007)The primary objective of this research is to measure the impacts of rising energy prices on U.S. agriculture and to analyze the capability of U.S. agricultural producers to adjust for energy price volatility. This study ... -
Contribution of Public Investments and Innovations to Total Factor Productivity
(North Dakota State University, 2011)This study examines the importance of public research and development (R&D) expenditures and innovations (prices) to U S agricultural productivity employing panel vector error correction econometric technique Specifically, ... -
The Impact of Multilateral Trade Association Membership on Agricultural and Food Trade
(North Dakota State University, 2007)This thesis models trade flows between countries as a function of several variables, including those representing membership in multilateral trade agreements (MTAs). The objective of this research is to evaluate the impact ... -
Offsetting Behavior and the Benefits of Food Safety Policies in Vegetable Preparation and Consumption
(North Dakota State University, 2007)Foodbome disease outbreaks have a tremendous impact on society, including foodbome illnesses, hospitalizations, lost work time, and deaths. These food-safety events have a significant influence in shaping consumers' ... -
An Econometric Analysis of Cost Changes in U.S. Trucking and the Implications of Implementing the NAFTA Trucking Provisions
(North Dakota State University, 2007)The United States trucking industry underwent deregulation starting in 1980. There was much opposition to the process in fears that trucking companies would be adversely affected by increased competition. There were also ... -
Stakeholder Preferences for Water Quality Alternatives in the Red River Basin
(North Dakota State University, 2007)The objective of this research is to estimate stakeholder preferences for management alternatives within the Red River of the North basin. Specifically, this thesis analyzes preferences related to water quality, water-based ... -
The Effects of Futures Markets on the Spot Price Volatility of Storable Commodities
(North Dakota State University, 2019)This thesis examines the relationship between spot prices, futures prices, and ending stocks for storable commodities. We used Granger causality and DAGs to determine causal relationships and cointegration tests to determine ... -
Optimal Inventory Strategy Under Risk: A Contingent Claims Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Inventory management in the agriculture industry involves many sources of risk in terms of demand uncertainty as well as uncertain margins. Divulging an optimal inventory strategy can prove cumbersome to logistics managers. ... -
A Game Theory Analysis of Firm Reaction to External Organizational Demands: The Case of Animal Welfare Standards
(North Dakota State University, 2007)There has been increasing public concern about farm animal welfare regarding transportation, slaughter, and some management practices, especially in systems where animals are confined for most of their existence. Animal ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Valuing and Pricing of Random and Non-Persistent Genetically Modified Traits (Corn and HRSW)
(North Dakota State University, 2009)With many genetic traits discovered and many more in progress, it is imperative to the industry that firms (biotechnology companies) decide on the trait valuation and pricing. This includes more than one trait (also referred ... -
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 ... -
A Stochastic Simulation of the North Dakota Ethanol Production Incentive
(North Dakota State University, 2009)The objective of this research is to determine the effect the North Dakota Ethanol Production Incentive has on ethanol plant survivability. This thesis uses a stochastic simulation to show the financial performance of an ...