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The Role of Trade Facilitation Indicators and Genetically Engineered Restrictive Index on U.S. State Exports and Efficiency
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
Trade Facilitation Indicators have become important mechanisms of monitoring the ease of trade. Another issue of rising concern is the pervasive debate on genetically engineered organisms and the development of Genetically ...
Creating a Transportation Strategy for North Dakota Exporters
(North Dakota State University, 2010)
North Dakota's transportation problem is centered on geography and volume. Being a land-locked state and not having an intermodal facility within the economic range of 150 miles from North Dakota production sites, ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Study on Consumers’ Purchasing Intention According to Message Frame Regarding Food Safety Issues
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Three cases of food safety issue occurred in South Korea were chosen to test whether message frames influence on consumers’ purchasing intention. In addition, this study not only investigates the relationships among ...
A Study on Factors Affecting U.S. Bilateral Trade with Her Major Trading Partners
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
The objective of this study is to analyze factors affecting U.S. bilateral trade with her major trading partners, including exchange rate, GDP, economic structure, market openness, and free trade agreements. Six commodity ...
Effects of Winter Weather Risk on the Profitability of Beef Feedlots in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
This study examines the effects of management decisions, animal performance, weather risk, and economic variables on the profitability of the beef feedlot in North Dakota using data from the Dakota Feeder Calf Show and ...
Valuing Origin Switching Options Using Monte Carlo Simulation
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Commodity trading firms work to remain competitive in the evolving agricultural industry. They work to become more efficient by increasing economies of size and scale, vertically and horizontally integrating, and diversifying ...
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 ...
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 ...