Browsing by Subject "Economic aspects"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)A discrete, stochastic simulation model was developed to simulate and evaluate chip harvesting systems. FSCAT, an acronym which stands for felling, skidding, chipping and trucking, was written in modular form with the ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1978)Public concern over the potential effects of energy price increases on the U.S. food and fiber system has been dramatically justified in the Trans Pecos region of Texas where a 450 percent increase in the price of natural ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)Shrimp fisherman trawling in the Gulf of Mexico and south Atlantic inadvertently capture and kill turtles which are classified as endangered species. Recent legislation requires the use of a Turtle Excluder Device (TED) ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The major purpose of this study is to develop an adaptive irrigation management policy for the Uda Walawa project in Sri Lanka. The policy is formulated by applying a linear programming algorithm that utilizes forecast ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)The objectives of this study were to: (1) describe the various types of leasing enterprises in the Rio Grande Plains and Edwards Plateau resource regions of Texas used to market recreational ranch resources, (2) determine ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)This dissertation is an extension of spatial microeconomic theory as described by Melvin L. Greenhut in A Theory of the Firm in Economic Space. The research objective is: (1) to develop the theory of economic externalities ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)This study evaluated net economic impact of industrialization on private, municipal government, and school district sectors of rural communities in Texas. Specific objective were: (1) to estimate direct, indirect, and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)A retrospective longitudinal analysis was conducted of the growth of the microcomputer industry from 1975 through 1983 and of the competition among five dominant firms in the industry from the summer of 1977 through 1983. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The purpose of this dissertation is to examine a multinational firm operating in competitive input and output markets facing exchange rate risk in both output price and the price of one input. An expected utility analysis ...
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An experimental examination of sector bias in the context of selected organized recreation services (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)The objectives of this study were (a) to explore the concept that consumers of organized recreation services have well formed attitudes (sector biases) regarding public sector agencies and commercial businesses; (b) to ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1979)Beef production is the foremost agricultural activity in East Texas. Although production practices vary, the cow-calf enterprise dominates. Much of the land is used for production of forages that vary from native grasses ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)This dissertation deals with a firm level decision making process that involves the acquisition and use of information in a high volume credit scoring environment. A two stage model is developed to describe the choice a ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)Factor analysis and unweighted average clustering techniques were employed to reduce the West Gulf Region into 10 more homogeneous subregions for forest resource dependency analysis. Factor analysis utilized 32 variables ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1991)Aggregate output supply and input demand models of agricultural production were specified for each of four geographically diverse states (California, Iowa, Texas, and Florida) using three locally flexible functional forms ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)A representative subset of previous econometric studies of demand, supply and market price determination for U.S. wheat and other selected crops was reviewed and assessed from the perspective of endogenizing farm program ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The real net investment in fishing vessels in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery is analysed employing an econometric model. The model is simulated over a 17-year period to examine the short and intermediate run impacts of ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)Irrigation is a major contributing factor in crop production on the Texas High Plains. It is responsible for greatly increasing crop production and farm income for the region. Two factors, a declining groundwater supply ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1979)Increasing costs of farm inputs in the last decade have caused much concern among the farm population and agricultural policy makers. In this study a dynamic simulation program of farm sector production and investment ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)During the past few years, legislative initiatives introduced to the U.S. Congress have aimed at recovering the federal government's outlays to operate, maintain, and improve the nation's deep-draft navigation facilities. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)During the 1980s, there were major structural changes in the U.S. dairy industry. These structural shifts are exemplified by changes in regional location of production, as well as, disparate regional changes in the number ...