Browsing by Author "McCarl, Bruce A"
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Advances in the Optimization of Energy Systems and Machine Learning Hyperparameters
Tso, William Weikang (2020-04-22)Intensifying public concern about climate change risks has accelerated the push for more tangible action in the transition toward low-carbon or carbon-neutral energy. Concurrently, the energy industry is also undergoing a ... -
Climate change impacts on US agriculture and forestry: benefits of global climate stabilization
Beach, Robert H; Cai, Yongxia; Thomson, Allison; Zhang, Xuesong; Jones, Russell; McCarl, Bruce A; Crimmins, Allison; Martinich, Jeremy; Cole, Jefferson; Ohrel, Sara; DeAngelo, Benjamin; McFarland, James; Strzepek, Kenneth; Boehlert, Brent (Environmental Research Letters, 2015) -
Climate, Water, Water Markets, and Texas Agriculture: Three Essays
Thayer, Anastasia (2018-11-14)Water availability and favorable weather conditions can greatly improve crop yields. Absence of irrigation water or unfavorable weather conditions can cause damages to crops and farmer income. Focusing on two agriculturally ... -
Climate-change adaptation on rangelands: linking regional exposure with diverse adaptive capacity
Briske, David D; Joyce, Linda A; Polley, H Wayne; Brown, Joel R; Wolter, Klaus; Morgan, Jack A; McCarl, Bruce A; Bailey, Derek W (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2015) -
Economic Analysis of Voluntary Carbon Offset Market and Bioenergy Policies
Shiva, Layla (2014-08-27)This work studies the economic implications of some United States greenhouse gas mitigation related policies. The main items focused on in this work are: 1) possible agricultural entry into a voluntary carbon offset market, ... -
Essays in Financial Econometric Investigations of Farmland Valuations
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 ... -
Essays on Efficiency of the Farm Credit System and Dynamic Correlations in Fossil Fuel Markets
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 ... -
POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF RICE VARIETY AND WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TEXAS GULF COAST
Chang, Ching-Cheng; Eddleman, Bobby R; McCarl, Bruce A (Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991) -
Three Essays on Bioenergy Production in the United States
Wlodarz, Marta (2013-12-02)This dissertation examines future prospects of bioenergy production in the United States. The analysis examines three issues on liquid fuel and cellulosic ethanol. First, the amount that costs need to decrease in order to ... -
Three Essays on Food-Energy-Water Nexus Analysis and Afghanistan Food Security and Poverty
Fei, Chengcheng (2019-07-28)Food Energy Water (FEW) Nexus is studied under water scarcity examine the economics of resource allocation and decision making among competing FEW users under the assumption that coordinated decision making would increase ... -
Three Essays on Freshwater Supply, Fracking Use and Agricultural Technological Progress
Vargas, Aurora Maria (2020-02-05)Water efficiency and a productive agriculture are key factors in our ability to meet future water and food demands under population growth and climate stressors. This study investigates freshwater supply, water use in ... -
Three Essays on the Interrelationships Among Climate, Conflict and Economics
Chen, Junyi (2017-05-02)Conflict in a country is socially expensive and many are trying to understand what factors stimulate it in an effort to figure out ways to lessen its incidence. In this work three essays are presented on factors that drive ...