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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 ...
Effect of Economic Freedom on Social Capital Panel Evidence from U.S. Contiguous States
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
This thesis examines the relationship between economic freedom and social capital in U.S. contiguous states from the 1980s to the 2000s as there is a shortcoming of literature on the topic. This study develops a composite ...
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 ...
Effect of Deregulation and Off-Balance Sheet Activities on the X-Efficiency of U.S. Credit Unions
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
The 1998 Credit Union Membership Access Act resulted in the active dissolution of the common bond requirement. Now credit unions are able to include more geographic area into their member base. However, over the years the ...
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 ...
Risk Balancing in the Banking Sector
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Policies to help banks reduce risks could have a null effect or completely opposite effect because firms exhibit a preferred risk level. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of risk balancing in the banking ...