Browsing by Author "Wu, Ximing"
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Ji, Fan (2012-07-16)We examine the determinants and drivers of 112 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activities exceed 50 million values in the pharmaceutical industry using COMPUSTAT, SDC and FDA data during the period 1980-2010 with random ...
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Long, Wei (2015-06-10)This dissertation contains two essays which examine the theory of model selection in econometrics and its applications. In the first essay, we utilize a model average approach to estimate a mixture copula. We average over ...
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Adusumilli, Naveen (2012-10-19)Dramatically higher fuel prices and massive petroleum imports from politically unstable countries have contributed to a major national initiative to generate renewable fuels in the United States. Often, such policies are ...
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Yang, Yingqian (2019-06-25)South Central Texas is a region where water is scarce, the region exhibits growing water, energy and food demands associated with an expanding population. Climate change also stresses water supplies. This dissertation ...
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Kapilakanchana, Montalee (2016-11-30)Agricultural technological progress is a key factor in our ability to meet future demand growth for consumers and biofuel usage. This study investigates the consequences of agricultural technological progress, biofuel ...
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The Effect of Transaction Costs on Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation for Agriculture and Forestry Kim, Seong Woo (2011-08-08)Climate change and its mitigation is rapidly becoming an item of social concern. Climate change mitigation involves reduction of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations through emissions reduction and or sequestration ...
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Ding, Liyuan 1988- (2012-12-11)Safety first criterion and mean-shortfall criterion both explore cases of assets allocation with downside risk. In this paper, I compare safety first portfolio selection problem and mean-shortfall portfolio optimization ...
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Zhao, Naibao (2018-04-30)This dissertation introduces two essays with the focus on alternative approaches to empirical research in economics. The first essay uses a reduced-form approach to address a “macro-phenomenon:” the long-standing puzzle ...
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Xu, Jin (2013-05-20)This dissertation consists of three essays wherein tools of financial econometrics are used to study the three aspects of farmland valuation puzzle: short-term boom-bust cycles, overpricing of farmland, and inconclusive ...
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Aisabokhae, Ruth 1980- (2012-12-05)Climate factors like precipitation and temperature, being closely intertwined with agriculture, make a changing climate a big concern for the entire human race and its basic survival. Adaptation to climate is a long-running ...
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Zheng, Li (2020-04-22)This dissertation consists of three essays on applied econometrics. The first essay is entitled A Structural Analysis on US Spectrum Auctions. The spectrum auction allocates spectrum licenses to companies. This paper ...
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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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Gao, Chen (2020-03-27)Quantitative methods, including Econometrics, Stochastic Simulation and Classifications with Statistical Machine Learning, are widely used in financial markets and applied economics studies. In this dissertation I investigate ...
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Alviola IV, Pedro A. (2011-02-22)This dissertation has four interrelated studies, namely (1) the characterization of milk purchase choices which included the purchase of organic milk, both organic and conventional milk and conventional milk only; (2) the ...
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Si, Ruichao (2019-04-09)China has experienced fast development in the past decades. This dissertation studies several topics related to the recent development issues in rural and urban China. Section 2 studies China’s urbanization since the 2010s. ...
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Dang, Trang Phuong Th 1977- (2012-11-28)Markets have always changed in response to either exogenous or endogenous shocks. Many large events have occurred in financial and energy markets the last ten years. This dissertation examines market behavior and volatility ...
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Lee, Seulchan (2022-04-11)The global energy landscape is going through major shifts triggered by consumer preferences, regulations, and technological development. My dissertation develops optimization models to de-rive insights into strategic ...
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Chui, Chin Man (2009-05-15)This dissertation contains three essays. They are related to the exponential series estimation of copulas and the application of parametric copulas in financial econometrics. Chapter II proposes a multivariate exponential ...
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Xu, Zhicheng (2016-07-11)Fairness is a central topic in ethics, political science and economics. A variety of economic questions, such as charitable donation, welfare programs, taxation of income and inheritances, are closely associated with ...
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Choi, Hankyeung (2012-10-19)In this dissertation, three related issues concerning empirical time series models for energy financial markets and the stock market were investigated. The purpose of this dissertation was to analyze the interdependence ...