Browsing by Author "McCarl, Bruce A."
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Campiche, Jody L. (2010-07-14)The renewable energy industry continues to expand at a rapid pace. New advances in cellulosic ethanol technologies have the potential to reduce our dependency on foreign oil. The evolution of these new biofuel markets could ...
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Seo, Sangtaek (Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)Agricultural producers face uncertain agricultural production and market conditions. Much of the uncertainty faced by agricultural producers cannot be controlled by the producer, but can be managed. Several risk management ...
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Williamson, Kendra May (2016-12-05)Motivated by increasing threats to pollinator health and the resultant impacts on pollination fees, this thesis models the market for pollination and honey production using the most complete economic model of the joint ...
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Kung, Chih-Chun; McCarl, Bruce A.; Chen, Chi-Chung (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2014)
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Han, Man Seung (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)This dissertation reports on economic studies of Texas Interbasin Water Transfers (IBT) as a way to lessen expected water shortages, Texas minimum freshwater inflows requirements (FWIB) to protect environmental flows and ...
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Jithitikulchai, Theepakorn (2014-12-10)This dissertation examines the economic impacts of ocean-related climate variability on U.S. crops and the effect sweetened beverage taxes would have on beverage consumption among low income food assistance program ...
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Kung, Chih-Chun (2012-02-14)Domestic production of bioenergy by utilizing set-aside land in Taiwan can reduce Taiwan’s reliance on expensive and politically insecure foreign fossil fuels while also reducing the combustion of fossil fuels, which emit ...
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Huang, Wei (2011-02-22)A recent outbreak of bird flu or avian influenza (AI), an especially highly pathogenic strain (HPAI) of H5N1, started in Hong Kong in January 2003 and caused 159 human deaths in Asia, Africa and Europe through early 2007. ...
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Park, Jiyun (2012-10-19)This dissertation investigates: (1) the climate change effects on the mean and higher order moments of crop yield distributions; (2) the effects of irrigation with and without its interactive terms with climate variables; ...
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Hagerman, Amy Deann (2011-02-22)Foreign animal disease can cause serious damage to the United States (US) agricultural sector and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), in particular, poses a serious threat. FMD causes death and reduced fecundity in infected ...
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Arunanondchai, Panit (2020-04-10)This dissertation consists of three stand-alone studies concerning applications of optimization modeling in agricultural policy evaluation and applications of copula when considering the tail risk in the energy commodity ...
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Huang, Yu Kai (2021-02-01)This dissertation examines impacts of product information and environmental events on individual behavior and the economy. This is done using a causal inference econometric approach, an eye-tracking laboratory experiment, ...
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Attavanich, Witsanu (2012-02-14)This dissertation analyzes the impact of climate, and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) on crop yields and grain transportation. The analysis of crop yields endeavors to advance the literature by statistically estimating ...
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Villavicencio Cordova, Xavier A. (2010-07-14)In this dissertation, I study the effects of climate change on agricultural total factor productivity and crop yields and their variability. In addition, an examination was conducted on the value of select climate change ...
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Mezzatesta, Mariano (2012-10-19)An awareness of the effect of agricultural production on the environment has led to the development of policies to mitigate its adverse effects. This dissertation provides analyses of agri-environmental policies designed ...
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Yu, Tun-Hsiang (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)This dissertation examines several issues regarding the congestion on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway. Chapter II identifies and measures the impact of lock congestion on grain barge rates on these ...
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McCarl, Bruce A.; Jones, Lonnie L.; Lacewell, Ronald D. (Texas Water Resources Institute, 1997-04)This study investigated the economics of an Edwards Aquifer region "dry-year option" buyout directed toward decreasing agricultural water use in an effort to augment springflow. The research involved several phases. First, ...
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Crane, Laurence M. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Capital accumulation in American agriculture has undergone an evolution over the last century. The increasing substitution of capital for labor, new technologies, and global product and financial markets, have made it more ...
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Chowdhury, Manzoor; Lacewell, Ronald D.; McCarl, Bruce A.; Ozuna, Teofilo Jr.; Benson, Verel W.; Harris, Billy L.; Dyke, Paul T. (Texas Water Resources Institute, 1994-12)The Seymour Aquifer of north-central Texas is known to have elevated levels of nitrates. The design of economically sound policies for reducing agriculture's nitrate contribution to the aquifer suggests a need to evaluate ...
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Baker, Justin Scott (2012-10-19)This dissertation explores the combined effects of biofuel mandates and terrestrial greenhouse gas GHG mitigation incentives on land use, management intensity, commodity markets, welfare, and the full costs of GHG abatement ...