Dissertations and Theses: 1980s

Date

Degree

Student

Advisor

Title

1980

Ph.D.

James J. Ahern, Jr.

R.G. Lawrence

Analysis of the Implications of the Demand for Racing on State and Industry Revenues in Maryland.

1980

Ph.D.

Daniel Colacicco

V.J. Norton

A Determination of the Optimal Set of Compost Characteristics.

1980

M.S.

Lawrence C. Ervin

I.E. Strand

A Study of User Preferences for State Park Facilities in Maryland.

1980

M.S.

Louis G. Hecht, Jr.

I.E. Strand

An Application and Critique of Game Theory for Analyzing the Benefits and Costs of Projects Which Threaten the Existence of Endangered Speces.

1980

M.S.

Behjat Hojjati

J.R. Moore

Land Reform in Iran and Its Effect on Agriculture.

1980

M.S.

Martin R. Joseph

I.E. Strand

The Development of Optimal Water Pricing Strategies in Trinidad.

1980

Ph.D.

Thomas J. Lutton

I.W. Hardie

An Analysis of Inter-Fuel and Inter-Factor Substitution in the Food Processing Sector.

1980

M.S.

Thomas A. Majchrowicz

D.R. Tuthill

Maryland's Agricultural Districting and Easement Purchase Program:The Effects on Land-Secured Credit to Farmers.

1980

Ph.D.

Alfred Thieme, Jr.

P.W. Foster

A Simulation Approach to the Socio-Economics Analysis of the Foot and Mouth Disease Program.

1980

Ph.D.

Marie Hewes Tracy

F.E. Bender

Agricultural Commodity Promotion: An Examination of the Egg Industry Check-Off Program.

1980

M.S.

Araya Zerihun

D.F. Tuthill

Rural Land Reform in Socialist Ethiopia.

1981

Ph.D.

Richard Douglas

P.W. Foster

The Energy Intensiveness of Maryland's Agricultural Sector and Economic Implications of Increases in Energy Prices on Maryland's Agricultural Output.

1981

M.S.

Theodore J. Hogan

J.W. Wysong

Failure of the Market to Efficiently Allocate Wetland Resources Between Preservation and Development: Justification for Governmental Intervention.

1981

M.S.

Douglas J. Lawrence

D.F. Tuthill

An Economic Analysis of Soil as a Factor of Agricultural Production.

1981

M.S.

Janet L. Livezey

A.M. Prindle

Optimal Dairy Production Scheduling on a Representative Dairy Farm Under the Base-Excess Plan.

1981

M.S.

Dennis G. Wichelns

V.J. Norton

An Economic Analysis of Fruit Production for Direct-Marketing in Maryland.

1982

M.S.

Viviana Ferragut Yamashita

I.E. Strand

Marketing of Striped Bass in the Chesapeake Bay States of Maryland and Virginia.

1982

M.S.

Daniel Sandor Holik

B.V. Lessley

An Economic Analysis of Diary Waste Handling Systems and Practices.

1982

M.S.

Dermot McHugh

An Economic Analysis of the Use of Sewage Sludge Compost in the Production of Vegetable Transplants on Small Farms on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland.

1982

M.S.

Harry Osei-Mensah

J.W. Wysong

Large Scale vs. Small Scale Farming as Alternative Agricultural Development Policies in Developing Countries.

1982

M.S.

Stephen Marc Huete

B.V. Lessley

The Economics of Alternative Irrigation Systems on Row Crop Production on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.(Non-Thesis)

1982

M.S.

Utpal Vasavada

R.G. Chambers

Testing Asset Fixity in an Economic Model of U.S.Agricultural Production.

1982

M.S.

James Garvey Adriance

I.E. Strand

A Market Model for the North Atlantic Commercial Striped Bass Industry.

1982

M.S.

Neal Wayne Bliven

B.V. Lessley

Rezoning of Agricultural Land in Frederick County, Maryland.

1982

M.S.

George Lamar Robert

P.W. Foster

Economic Returns to Investment in Control of Mimosa Pigra in Thailand.

1982

M.S.

Mary G. Leigh

J.W. Wysong

An Analysis of Present Trends in Fresh Vegetable Production in the Northeastern United States with Special Emphasis on Farms in Central Maryland.

1983

M.S.

James Dever

P.W. Foster

Determinants of Nutritional Status in a North Indian Village: An Economic Analysis.

1983

Ph.D.

James C. Hanson

K.E. McConnell

Economic Implications of Water Law in Maryland, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

1983

M.S.

Katherine A. Longen

B.L. Gardner

The Effect of Federal Purchases of Surplus Commodities on Prices of Selected Commodities.

1983

M.S.

Kenneth Edward Neils

B.V. Lessley

Economic Analysis on Non-Stock and Stock Manipulation Techniques for Comet & Fancy Goldfish Production.

1983

M.S.

Frances Hornick Smith

V.J. Norton

An Analysis of Residential Water Demand Under an Increasing Block Price Policy as Applied in the Washington Suburban Sanitary District.

1983

M.S.

Brett R. Snyder

I.E. Strand

Specification Errors and Consumer Surplus Values for Recreational Striped Bass Fishing.

1983

Ph.D.

Thomas White

J.W. Wysong

A Regional Analysis of Rural Land Conversion: The Baltimore-Washington Area, 1983.

1984

Ph.D.

Ira D. Branson

P.W. Foster

Economies of Size of USDA Agricultural Research Service Locations.

1984

M.S.

Melinda Cohen

B.L. Gardner

Public Cost-Share Programs and Private Investment in Forestry.

1984

M.S.

Lawrence Heitkemper

J.W. Wysong

A Weekly Soybeans Futures Price Model.

1984

Ph.D.

Gregory Hitz

J.R. Moore

Part-time Farming in Grenada: Factors Affecting Farm Work by Small-Farm Workers.

1984

M.S.

Gregory Preston

B.V. Lessley

Non-Thesis.

1984

M.S.

Robbin Shoemaker

T. Phipps

Productivity and Technological Change in the U.S. Agricultural Sector.

1984

Ph.D.

Utpal Vasavada

R.G. Chambers

Investment in United States Agriculture: 1947-79.

1985

M.S.

Mary Chambers

W. Chern

A General Equilibrium Energy-Economy Model for Pakistan.

1985

M.S.

Rena B. Langer

Acreage Response of Wheat to Agricultural Policy: 1930-1981

1985

M.S.

David D. Lehman

R.E. Lopez

The Effect of Acreage Reduction Programs on the Rater of Technical Change and Factor Shares in the Corn Belt.

1985

Ph.D.

Richard Nehring

R.G. Chambers

An Examination of Agricultural Price Policy Options in Bangladesh: Output Price vs. Input Subsidies.

1985

M.S.

Nancy A. Norton

B.L. Gardner

The Effect of Acreage Reduction Programs on the Production of Corn, Wheat, and Cotton: A Profit Function Approach.

1985

M.S.

Leon H. Schmick, Jr.

E.H. Brown

Determinants of Poultry Import Demand, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia.

1985

M.S.

Robert Wieland

I.W. Hardie

A Market Analysis of Maryland Stumpage Sales.

1986

Ph.D.

Virgil Eldon Ball

R.G. Chambers

Essays on Production in Agriculture.

1986

Ph.D.

Charles E. Yoe

K.E. McConnell

Lock Rehabilitation, A Public Infrastructure Problem: The Value of Increased Productivity In Mean Lockage Performance.

1986

Ph.D.

James E. Kirkley

I..E. Strand

The Relationship Between Management and the Technology in a Multi-Species Fishery: The New England, Georges Bank, Multi-Species Fishery.

1986

Ph.D.

Hyunock Lee

R.G. Chambers

Optimal Nonlinear Agricultural Credit Pricing: Theoretical and Numerical Analysis.

1986

Ph.D.

Behjat Hojjati

N.E. Bockstael

The Demand for Crop Insurance in the United States.

1987

M.S.

Mary Donaldson

E.H. Brown

Response of the Maryland Dairy Industry to the 1985 Farm Bill.

1987

M.S.

Zhigang Chen

B.L. Gardner

Children's Economic Contribution, Uncertainty and Rural Household size: The Case of China.

1987

M.S.

Wendy Cohen

B.L. Gardner

Public Law 480: Food Aid's Disincentive to Agricultural Production and Impacts on Food Consumption Policies in Recipient Counties.

1987

M.S.

Sandra Zavolta

I.E. Strand

Supply Response in the Atlantic Coast Striped Bass Fishery.

1988

Ph.D.

Barry Coyle

R.E. Lopez

Modeling the Industry in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Applications to U.S. Agriculture.

1988

Ph.D.

Douglas Lipton

I.E. Strand

On the Structure of the U.S. Fishing Industry.

1988

Ph.D.

Douglas Larson

N.E. Bockstael

Choice and Welfare Measurement Under Risk: Theory and Applications to Natural Resources.

1988

M.S.

Li-Shu Ouyang

I.W. Hardie

An Empirical Comparison of the Tradeoff Between Risk Criteria for a Small Part-Time Farm.

1988

M.S.

Fritz Roka

B. Lessley

Economic Evaluation of Controlling Field Losses of Selected Agricultural Pollutants.

1989

Ph.D.

Eugenio Figueroa

R.E. Lopez

A Dynamic Rational Expectations of Model of Investment and Asset Price Determination of a Quasi-Fixed Factor: The Case of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment in the US, 1948-1983.

1989

M.S.

Jean-Marie Meng

B.L. Gardner

Production and Consumption Patterns and Impact of Food Aid.

1989

M.S.

Stephane R. Milmoe

B.L. Gardner

U.S. Sugar Policy and the world Price of Sugar.