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Multiproduct agricultural supply response and factor demand estimation in the U.S. : the profit function approach
(1983)
Using a comprehensive multiproduct-multifactor approach to product supply and factor demand analysis, this study analyzes 8 commodity groups and 8 input categories for the post-war (1946-1979) period for 10 farm production ...
Impact of youth program membership on youth program life skills development, youth program experiences, adult community participation, and personal characteristics related to 4-H volunteerism
(1987)
It was the general purpose of this study, a part of a nationwide effort entitled The 4-H Alumni Study (Ladewig and Thomas, 1987) to investigate the variables (youth life skills, personal characteristics, and community ...
The practice of Jeffersonian democratic ideals in selected contemporary American high schools : a naturalistic inquiry
(1992)
The role of the school as an agent of socialization for democratization, recognized as vital to the preservation of democracy in the early history of this nation by Thomas Jefferson and other of the Founding Fathers, is ...
Land economic impact of fixed guideway rapid transit systems on urban development in selected metropolitan areas : the issue of the price-distance gradients
(1991)
This research investigates and evaluates the impact of rapid-transit systems on land values in the vicinity of transit stations in large metropolitan areas. The data is based on ad valorem tax assessment before and after ...
Product and process integration for the U.S. design-construction industry
(1990)
In this study, a reinterpretation of design of product and process in the design-construction industry is presented. This reinterpretation promises to provide a means to improve the quality and productivity of completed ...
Three essays in monetary policy
(1991)
This dissertation consists of three essays about the implications of monetary policy in response to aggregate disturbances and the role of wage indexation under the objective of minimizing output deviation from the full ...
Organizational control and culture : a test of property rights theory
(1993)
This dissertation examined organizational control from a property rights perspective. The primary objective was to develop a framework which aligns technology, skills and organizational control, and test this framework. A ...
Actual and ideal workloads of educational public relations directors in the United States
(1993)
The purpose of this study was to determine the actual and ideal percentage of time educational public relations directors throughout the United States spent performing their public relations tasks in an average workweek. ...
Attitudes of employers with respect to hiring released prisoners
(1990)
The objectives of the study were (a) to determine whether employers are inclined to hire released prisoners; (b) to gain insight into the reasons employers are or are not inclined to hire released prisoners; (c) to determine ...
A taxonomic study of the Carex muhlenbergii and C. cephalophora complexes (Cyperaceae: Phaestoglochin)
(1994)
The seven taxa studied were broken into two complexes based on 49 characters surveyed. In addition, weight was given to achene micromorpholgy in the final placement of taxa into their respective complex. The two complexes ...