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Trade in CRISPR/Gene-Edited Wheat: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Previous studies have analyzed how the adoption of genetically engineered or modified technologies have affected agricultural crops such as corn, soybeans, cotton, and barley without focusing on wheat. Also, given the ...
Understanding Changes in the Distribution of House Prices in Beijing, China
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
This thesis provides some evidences in understanding house price in Beijing. The rst
part examines appreciation rate of house price across the distribution from 2013 to 2015.
Similar temporal patterns of appreciation ...
Determinants for Biofuel Policies in the Americas
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
The biofuels market has been increasingly important due to the benefits they provide to society by giving an alternative to fossil fuels. In the Americas, many countries are using biofuel-related policies to incentivize ...
Effect of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection on Airfares in the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
I empirically examine the effects of bankruptcy protection (Chapter 11) on airfares in the U.S. domestic airline industry using cross sectional air tickets data from 2001:Q1 through 2012:Q4. A hedonic price model was ...
An Analysis of Financial Risk Measures within Agricultural Cooperatives
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Agricultural Cooperatives have been facing times of low financial risk in the previous years. However, this is expected to change in the near future and controlling for financial risk will become an increasing concern. A ...
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 ...
China’s Urban Household Food Consumption, Nutrition and Health
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
The effect of family structure on household nutrition intake and the effect of wine, beer, and spirits consumption on household nutrition and health are examined. To evaluate nutrition intake, an Eating Healthy Index (EHI) ...
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 ...
An Analysis of Emergent Behavior in the North Dakota Water Depot-Based Water Allocation System using a Decentralized Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) Approach
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Water demand has increased exponentially since 2007 in western North Dakota. This increase can largely be traced to the advancement of technology in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) which has led to one of the largest oil ...
A Study of North Dakota Crop Basis Volatility: A Mixed Model Approach to Temporally and Spatially Analyze Unobserved Basis Determinants
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
A model of local elevator basis levels was developed to quantify the response of corn, soybean and hard red spring wheat basis to a set of predefined predictors. Basis data from 2013 – 2016 for 12 grain elevators in Eastern ...