Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Climate shocks, adaptation policies, and human health in developing countries: an application to India
My dissertation is on climate change, policy adaptation, and human health in a low-income nation. Specifically, I focus on the impact of climate change on maternal and child health in India using secondary and spatial ... -
Final report, Upper Gunnison basin in-stream flow project
This is the final report for a project funded by the Ford Foundation, the purpose of which was to measure the value of the water flows in, and the habitats affected by water flows in the East and the Taylor Rivers near ... -
2016 public attitudes about agriculture in Colorado: a study by the Colorado Department of Agriculture
This research replicates studies conducted in 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 by the Colorado Department of Agriculture partnering with different CSU personnel over the years. In 1996, the Colorado Department of Agriculture and ... -
Three essays on the use of spatial data to inform environmental and resource management
This dissertation consists of three essays that use of spatial data to inform trade-offs related to environmental and resource management. The first essay explores how a spatially targeted differentiated payment design can ... -
Camping in clearcuts: the impacts of timber harvesting on USFS campground utilization
The United States Forest Service (USFS) governs its lands under multiple-use management, where land is managed for more than one purpose or objective to achieve the greatest possible combination of public benefits. Some ... -
Analyzing the impact of Hurricane Matthew on the housing market in Savannah Georgia
This study seeks to shed light on the relationship between destructive hurricanes and public belief in the increasing risk to homeownership from these storms as climate change progresses. We investigate the impact of ... -
Three essays on food economics
This dissertation is comprised of three analyses of households' food acquisition behavior. In Chapter 2, we estimate the substitution between different food categories and time allocated to food purchase and preparation ... -
Assessing the impact of the DIGS curriculum on agricultural literacy in youth
This research examines the impact of the DIGS curriculum on agricultural literacy, the breadth of agricultural understanding, and affinity for agriculture. The DIGS curriculum is a third thru fifth-grade curriculum emphasizing ... -
Water use in the western U.S.: irrigated agriculture, water leases, and public preferences
In the western U.S., water continues to be reallocated from agricultural to urban uses as a result of rapid population growth and urbanization. However, the negative implications of permanent rural-to-urban water transfers ... -
Determinants of investment: sexed semen in dairy cattle
The process of sexing semen through flow cytometry has achieved results in several species, including humans. Potentially, the dairy industry has the ability to earn large gains from sexed semen because of the need for all ... -
Valuing ecosystems and economic services across land-use scenarios in the Prairie Pothole region of the Dakotas
This thesis uses biophysical values derived for the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of North and South Dakota, in conjunction with value transfer methods, to assess the environmental and economic tradeoffs under different ... -
Three essays on horizontal regulation limiting alcohol sales
This dissertation considers the impact of loosening horizontal regulations that limit competition among alcohol retailers on producers, retailers, and consumers. A recent trend towards the liberalization of alcohol retail ... -
Mean variance analysis of winter wheat stocker cattle: distribution of cash, traditional hedge, and calendar spread gross margins
The purpose of this research is to evaluate historic returns for Oklahoma stocker cattle wheat pasture operations using cash and futures prices to determine potential risk management strategies that optimize returns and ... -
Cattle feeding hedging and cash margin analysis
Historical cattle feeding margins offered through multiproduct hedging, single commodity hedging, and cash markets are determined and compared. Expected margins result from hedging in the commodity futures markets, while ...