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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) ...
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 ...
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 ...
Determinants of Capital Structure in Agricultural Cooperatives in North Dakota
(North Dakota State University, 2013)
This thesis analyzes how the optimal capital structure is affected by capital management and major sources of risk under the rule of maximizing the value of discounted cash flows to members. The analysis is done by using ...
Bankruptcy Model Application to Missouri River Water Allocation
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
Growing demand for water and improper resource management over the years have led conflicts among states and countries. This research applies cooperative game theory. The bankruptcy model, where claims for resources exceed ...