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The value of preventative care versus treatment for small animal veterinary medicine clients
The veterinary profession has witnessed a decline in the number of clients that are visiting veterinary clinics for annual preventative care exams. Studies have indicated that clients do not see the value of regular ... -
An investigation into the starting salaries of male and female veterinarians
Historically, the United States veterinary industry has been a male-dominated field, but in recent years women have surpassed men in veterinary school enrollment and now make up 60% of practicing veterinarians. There is ... -
Three essays on institutional design for voluntary water conservation
This dissertation is a compilation of three essays on institutional issues inherent in water conservation decision making by agricultural producers. Chapter 1 includes summaries of the three papers I intend to defend and ... -
A DuPont Model approach to financial management : a case study of veterinary practices
As the veterinary industry continues to face personal debt and practice management challenges, financial analysis of veterinary practices is becoming increasingly important. Historically, veterinary practices have been ... -
Forecasting fed cattle prices : errors and performance during periods of high volatility
Livestock and other commodity prices have displayed considerable volatility in the past ten years. In this environment, price forecasts play a key role in producers' business planning and risk management decisions. The ... -
Economic and environmental trade-offs of irrigation Best Management Practices in the Lower Arkansas River Valley
The flows of the Arkansas River cascade through the Rocky Mountains and spill into Colorado's eastern plains. In the Lower Arkansas River Valley (LARV), these flows serve irrigators on over 250,000 acres, and are critical ... -
Essays on feral swine : producer welfare effects and spatiotemporal management of feral swine
Feral swine are known to cause damage to crops among other types of property damage. With a lack of economic welfare estimates of feral swine crop damages, the first essay of this dissertation addresses this gap in the ... -
Assessing the market channel performance of Colorado fruit and vegetable producers
The growing popularity of locally sourced fruits and vegetables in the United States provides an opportunity for small and mid-sized farms to improve viability through sales to local markets. However, there is little ... -
Heifer replacement : a decision tool to determine if it is more economical to buy or raise your own replacement heifers
In the production cycle of a cow-calf enterprise, the producer will face the decision of replacing their older cows. The producer deciding to replace older cows with heifers has the following options: raise their own ... -
A bioeconomic and general equilibrium framework to address fishery management and invasive species
Fisheries management is a complex issue that involves the management of people, fish populations and habitat. There are many facets to fishery issues including ownership, regulation, and environmental change. I address all ... -
Potential impacts of hard infrastructure development on agricultural trade
The development of hard infrastructure has the potential to enhance agricultural production and international agricultural trade. Good quality physical networks could reduce the transport costs for producers and suppliers, ... -
Quality and price impacts on U.S. demand for lamb imports
The U.S. lamb industry has changed in the last decade, potentially impacting the structure of the import industry, which has become necessary to meet domestic demand. Domestic production has continued to decline, consumer ... -
Not so sweet : potential economic implications of restricting U.S. sugar imports from Mexico
In December 2014, the U.S. and Mexican governments signed a bilateral agreement constraining Mexico's ability to export sugar to the U.S. because of dumping allegations by U.S. producers. This restriction came after six ... -
Prospects for sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems in Ethiopian highlands
This dissertation examines the prospects of sustainable agricultural intensification by rural farming households in Ethiopia. Although widely accepted as the new paradigm for agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa, ... -
An analysis of the impact of land tenure on groundwater use and attitudes concerning groundwater conservation in Colorado's Republican River Basin
Groundwater pumping from an aquifer that exceeds the recharge rate results in decreases in future groundwater availability and well capacity. Economic research on groundwater pumping has generally assumed that groundwater ... -
Three essays on food security and dietary diversity
The concern for food security is a cornerstone in the development process for every country. This dissertation is examining food security from three perspectives. First, chapter one explores the most important economic and ... -
Economic analysis of profitability factors in cattle feeding : modeling optimal feeding to achieve maximum profitability
Past research indicates that the profitability of a feedlot can be determined by both production and economic factors. This study seeks to evaluate specific production and economic factors in order to deduce which of these ... -
Measuring citizens' preferences for protecting environmental resources : applications of choice experiment surveys, social network analysis and Deliberative Citizens' juries
Many reasons have been suggested as explanation for observed differences in citizens' environmental conservation projects policy choices and willingness-to-pay (WTP) values. Some people attribute this distinctive decision ... -
Modeling the impact of transaction costs and alternative supply sources on water market activity in the western U.S.
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Human behavior in the context of water scarcity
This dissertation in comprised of three chapters which use microeconomic principles and empirics to examine human behavior in the face of water scarcity. Chapter one uses an experiment to investigate the effect of threshold ...
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