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Estimating U.S. Residential Demand for Fuelwood in the Presence of Selectivity
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Residential energy consumers have options for home heating. With many applications, appliances, and fuel types, fuelwood used for heating faces stiff competition in modern society from other fuels. This study estimates ...
Costs and Risks of Testing and Blending for EAA in Soybeans
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Soybean quality is typically measured by protein values. Essential Amino Acids (EAA) and Critical Amino Acid Value (CAAV) provide alternative measures of valuing soybeans. The following thesis analyzes the effects of testing ...
North Dakota Beef Cow Operators: Identifying Current Management Practices and Factors that Influence Adoption Rates of Best Management Practices Relating to Surface Water Pollution
(North Dakota State University, 2011)
Best management practices are methods that have been determined to be the most effective and practical means of preventing or reducing pollution. Best Management Practices (BMPs) relating to surface water pollution abatement ...
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 ...
North Dakota Banking Efficiency: A DEA Application to Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Banks Pre- and Post-Financial Crisis 2002-2012
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The Great Recession of the late 2000s had negative impacts across the United States economies with unemployment rates rising, bank failures, and other numerous economic problems. However, North Dakota was able to fend off ...
Economic Efficiency of Occupational Health and Safety Investments at Agricultural Cooperatives
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Industries related to agricultural cooperatives record some of the highest injury rates in the U.S. Therefore, agricultural cooperatives are highly motivated to invest in occupational health and safety (OHS). This thesis ...
Rail Car Trip Transit Time and the Effects on Grain Trading Company Profits
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This examines the logistic process of a grain trading company, and how logistics affect profits. Trip transit time is the amount of times a shuttle train moves back and forth from an elevator and a destination. In the years ...
Evaluating the Role of Trade Openness and Trade Openness Risk on Agricultural Production Efficiency: An Empirical Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Countries
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
The impacts of trade openness and trade openness risk on the technical efficiency of agricultural production were examined using an extended stochastic frontier analysis econometric model. This model simultaneously estimates ...
Food Away from Home Consumption in Urban China: Household Composition and Dining Location Effects
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
China has experienced dramatic changes in food industry in the last three decades, with demographics changed substantially as well. Households are becoming smaller and are expected to age soon. Overweight and obesity have ...
Robust Capital Asset Pricing Model Estimation through Cross-Validation
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Limitations of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) continue to present inconsistent empirical results despite its rm mathematical foundations provided in recent studies. In this thesis, we examine how estimation errors of ...