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Agricultural Economics

Decision Making at Work for Nebraska

M.S. Theses and Ph.D. Dissertations

Ph.D. Dissertations

Gibson Nene - Azzeddine Azzam and Karina Schoengold, Advisors
Essays on Industrial Organization and Environmental Economics  (2010)

Juan Pablo Sesmero - Lilyan Fulginiti, Advisor
Essays on Equity-Efficiency Trade Offs in Energy and Climate Policies (2010)

Zhenyu Zhang - Karina Schoengold, Advisor
Economic Growth and Carbon Emission Control (2009)

Dimitrios Panagiotou - Azzeddine Azzam, Advisor
Trade Bans, Imperfect Competition and Welfare: BSE and The U.S. Beef Industry(2008)

Alejandro S Plastina - Lilyan Fulginiti and Konstantinos Giannakas, Advisors
Essays on Innovations in the Agriculture and Food Industry Sectors Abstract (2007)

Brahim Bouras - Azzeddine Azzam, Advisor
Two Essays on Multiproduct Food Oligopolies Abstract (2006)

Bingxin Yu — Richard Perrin, Advisor
Agricultural Productivity and Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa Abstract (2005)

Alejandro Oscar Onofri — Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Advisor
Essays on Growth of the Agriculture and Food Industry Sectors Abstract (2003)


M.S. Theses

Justin Cech - Darrell Mark, Advisor
Energy Restriction During Development in Breeding Gilts: An Economic Analysis (2010)

Rita Abdelnour - Amalia Yiannaka, Advisor
The Use Of Economics Experiments To Understand Patent Licensing, Patent Challenging And Patent Litigation Behavior  (2009)

Ben Blomendahl - Bruce Johnson, Advisor
The Economic Impact of Ethanol Plans on Surrounding Farmland Values: A Case Study (2009)

Robert Sheeder - Gary Lynne, Advisor
Understanding Farmer Conservation Behavior: A Behavioral Economics Examination of Tillage Decisions in Nebraska and Kansas (2009)

Prabhakar Shrestha - Karina Schoengold, Advisor
Economic Impacts of Drought on the Whitewater Rafting Industry in Colorado (2009)

Rebecca Small - Darrell Mark, Advisor
Profitable Variability and Risk Management Analysis of Calf-Fed and Yearling Production Systems (2009)

Josie Waterbury- Darrell Mark, Advisor
The Economic Impact of Corn Co-Products in the Nebraska Beef Cattle Industry (2009)

Brian Williams - Matt Stockton, Advisor
Retained Ownership of Beef Calves: Exploring Information Asymmetries and Predicting Profitability (2009)

Suparna Bhattacharya - Azzeddine Azzam, Advisor
The Impacts of the Corn-Ethanol Boom on the U.S. Livestock and Poultry Sectors: A Multi-Market Analysis (2008)

Anneke Gustafson - Azzeddine Azzam, Advisor
Revealed Comparative Advantage of Nebraska Regions (2008) 

Justin Van Wart - Richard Perrin, Advisor
Ethanol Feedstock Pricing in Nebraska, An Application of Spatial Economic Theory  (2007)

Avinash Alok - Lilyan Fulginiti and Richard Perrin, Advisors
Participation in the Food Stamp Program in Nebraska (2006)

Andre Coelho - Azzeddine Azzam and Darrel Mark, Advisors
Empirical Determinants of Fed Cattle Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Basis (2006)

Kyriakos Drivas - Konstantinos Giannakas, Advisor
The Effect of Cooperatives on Innovation (2006)

Marianna Khachuturyan - Amalia Yiannaka, Advisor
The Market Acceptance and Welfare Impacts of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies (GURTs) (2006)

Aziza Kibonge - Azzeddine Azzam, Advisor
An Empirical Model of Migration with an Application to Nebraska (2006) 

Ikrom Artikov - Gary Lynne, Advisor
Understanding Famers' Decision Making Under the Influence of Weather and Climate Information and Forecasts(2005)

Gibson Nene - Azzeddine Azzam and Amalia Yiannaka, Advisors
The Effect of Wal-Mart on the Economic Growth of Nebraska Counties Full Text (2005)

Zhenyu Zhang - Azzeddine Azzam, Advisor
Vertical Scale and Scope and Economics in the U.S. Hog Production (2005)

Hong Guan — E. Wesley F. Peterson, Advisor
Impact on China's Agricultural Products Imports from the United States after its Accession to the WTO:  A Bilateral Trade Model Analysis  (2004)

Lei G. McCabe - Azzeddine Azzam and Amalia Yiannaka, Advisors
Strategic and Risk Hedging in a Cournot Duopsony with Forward Input Contracts (2004)

Colby Erwin Kruse -  Gary Lynne, Advisor
Explaining Farmer Behavior in Relation to Sequestering Carbon on Nebraska Farms (2003)

Lian Liu - Azzedine Azzam, Advisor
Upstream Vertical Control with Downstream Product Differentiation: Price Effects and Implications for Restricting Captive Supplies  (2003)

Kenneth Njoroge - Azzedine Azzam and Konstantinos Giannakas, Advisors
Two Essays on Mandatory Price Reporting and Collusion  (2003)

Sabastian Luis Perversi - Dillion Feuz, Advisor (2003)
Willingness to Pay for Beef Steak Attributes: An Experimental Economics Approach

Santiago Xavier Salvador - Azzedine Azzam, Advisor
Mandatory Price Reporting and Collusion: An Empirical Test (2003)