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Three Essays On The Economics Of Dairy Nutrition And Disease Control
(2012-01-31)This dissertation consists of three essays on the economics of dairy nutrition and disease control, in particular, productivity and profitability associated with the dairy industry. The first essay examines the effect of ... -
Essays On Social Networks: Relative Concerns, Social Interactions, And Unintended Consequences
(2012-05-27)This dissertation is composed of a literature review, Chapter 1, an in-depth analysis of data used in the dissertation, Chapter 2, and three main essays, Chapters 3-5, on relative concerns, social interactions and unintended ... -
Consumer Food Preferences: Three Essays On Labeling, Anti-Obesity Policies And Social Presence
(2016-05-29)This dissertation is comprised of three independent research essays focused around consumer food preferences in the U.S. The first essay, entitled "Taxes, Subsidies, and Advertising Efficacy in Changing Eating Behavior: ... -
Three Essays On Infrastructure Investment In China
(2014-08-18)My dissertation examines the consequences of the massive infrastructure investment in China from three different aspects. In the first chapter, I examine the distributional impacts of high-speed rail upgrade in China. By ... -
Hurst Trading With An Excursion Into Fractal Space Of Returns
(2012-01-31)This dissertation tackles the problem of non-normality in the distribution of returns and attempts to formulate a proprietary trading strategy to arbitrage the markets using appropriate statistical and mathematical tools. ... -
Toward Better Meeting The Needs Of The Food Insecure: Three Essays On The Theory And Reality Of Food Assistance Policies In The Sahel
(2015-01-26)Food insecurity is a significant challenge in the world, and nowhere more than in subSaharan Africa. The policy options available to combat food insecurity have been expanding in recent years, providing increased flexibility ... -
Risk Perception, Judgment And Information Processing: Evidence From Experiments
(2012-08-20)This thesis investigates the role of cognition in the broader field of agricultural and food economics. Three studies in the thesis each targets on one aspect of human behavior. Study 1 deals with non-standard belief. Using ... -
Three Essays In Banking Sector Of Thailand
(2011-08-31)This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay examines the cost efficiency and production technology in the banking sector of Thailand using a stochastic frontier approach. The empirical results indicate that ... -
The Welfare Effects Of Integrating Renewable Energy Into Electricity Markets
(2012-08-20)The challenges of deploying more renewable energy sources on an electric grid are caused largely by their inherent variability. In this context, energy storage can help make the electric delivery system more reliable by ... -
Three Essays On Environmental Economics And Human Behavior
(2013-08-19)The first essay of this dissertation uses a general equilibrium model of the U.S. economy to study the welfare implications of a biofuel blend mandate and consumption subsidy in the presence of pre-existing labor and fuel ...
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