Dissertations and Theses: 2000s

2000 - 2009

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Degree

Student

Advisor

Title

2000 Ph.D. Ana María Ibáñez K.E. McConnell The Random Utility Model for Recreation: A Model for Incorporation Uncertainty and the Costs of Imperfect Information
2000 Ph.D. Siddhartha Mitra R.E. Just Essays in Urban Economics with Emphasis on the Formal-Informal Dichotomy.
2000 M.S. Anabela Rodrigues R.E. López Food Market Participation and Rural Household Welfare: The Case of Mozambique.
2000 M.S. R. Jason Faberman J. Horowitz Wages, Migration and Urban Amenities: Do Smarter People Move to Better Places?
2000 Ph.D. Camilo Sarmiento R.E. Just An Alternative Approach to Demand Analysis: Essays on the Relationship of Functional Form, Aggregation, & Dynamics
2000 Ph.D. Cynthia Nickerson N.E. Bockstael Characterizing Participation in Farmland Preservation Programs.
2000 Ph.D. Antonio Bento K. E. McConnell Three Essays on the Theory of Environmental Taxation in a Second Best Setting
2000 Ph.D. Jin Kyo Suh M. L. Nerlove Agricultural Development and Structural Change in the Context of General Economic Growth
2000 Ph.D. Isidro Soloago M. L. Nerlove Production & Factors Allocation in Farm Households
2000 Ph.D. Christopher Leggett N.E. Bockstael Three Essays on Perceptions of Environmental Quality and Behavioral Approaches to Environmental Valuation
2000 Ph.D. Lars Anwandter K.E. McConnell Can Public Sector Reforms Improve the Inefficiency of Public Water Utilities?
2000 Ph.D. Khanh Linh Thi Nguyen E. Lichtenberg Joint Production of Rice and Aquatic Animal Food Species: Policy Implications for Pesticide Use in Vietnam
2000 Ph.D. Tsunehiro Otsuki I. W. . Hardie Productivity and Growth Promoting Policies in the Agricultural and Timber Industries in the Brazilian Amazon
2001 M.S. Dongmei Li B. L. . Gardner Volatility of Futures Prices: GARCH Modeling and Option Pricing
2001 Ph.D. Wei-Chun Tseng K.E. McConnell Applying Mixed Logit Models in Recreational Demand Models (abstract)
2001 M.S. Claudia Bonangelino H. D. . Leathers Analyzing Asymmetric Environmental Policy and its Harmonization in the Mereosur
2001 M.S. Conrad Choiniere E. Lichtenberg Vertical Coordination in New Agricultural Industries: The Case of Biomass for Electricity Generation
2001 M.S. Valerie Mueller A. Alberini Comfort, Aesthetics or Resource Availability: For What Aspects Our Environment are We Willing to Pay?
2001 M.S. Roger Claassen B. L. . Gardner The Effect of Producer Risk, Response, Land Quality and Agricultural Policy on Agricultural Land Allocation
2001 M.S. Kenny Lee K. E. McConnell Economic Growth, Income Distribution and the Environment: A Panel Study on Urban Air Pollution and Environmental Policy
2001 M.S. Hernan Gonzalez A. Alberini Transportation and Land Use Interaction When Household Location Decision is Endogenous
2001 M.S. Oscar Melo R. E. Just Regulation Privatized Monopolies: The Chilean Electricity Distribution Industry
2001 Ph.D. Claudia Ocana B. L. Gardner A model incorporating soil fertility and fixed costs in transient agriculture. (abstract)
2001 M.S. Katja Vinha N.E. Bockstael The Effects of Urban Growth Policies Primary Funding Areas in Maryland
2001 M.S. Jonathan Alevy R. G. Chambers Multiple Principle Regulation of Health and Environmental Risks: The Case of Agricultural Biotechnology
2002 Ph.D. Yann Bramoulle R. G. Chambers Two Essays on Social Networks (abstract)
2002 M.S. Hojeong Park L. J. Olson Uncertainty and Strategic Capital Adjustment Under Tradable Permit Programs
2002 M.S. Panchali Guha R. E. Lopez Sustainable Intensification of Fallow-based Cultivation Systems
2002 M.S. Craig Landry K. E. McConnell Managing Coastal Erosion on Developed Public Beaches
2002 M.S. Shannon Allen N.E. Bockstael Valuation of Public Health Programs that Target Infectious Disease
2002 M.S. Terri Suomi B. L. Gardner An Analysis of the LDP Program and An Investigation of Payments in Excess of Intended Support (non-thesis)
2002 M.S. Habiba Djebbari A. Alberini Public Intervention and Household Behavior
2002 M.S. Michael Price K. E. McConnell Contractual Relations and Decision Making in Commercial Fisheries
2002 Ph.D. Tulika Narayan L. J. Olson Does Credit Affect Groundwater Use and Agricultural Production?
2003 Ph.D. Claudia Romano R. E. Lopez Soil Conservation and Rural Market Imperfections: The Case of Small Farmers in El Salvador (abstract)
2003 M.S. Xiaoyu Tang R. E. Lopez Optimal Control of Property Rights of Resources When Two Externalities Co-exist: The Small Open Economy Case
2003 Ph.D. Mark Fleming N. E. Bockstael Economics of Growth Controls with Spatially Differentiated (abstract)
2003 M.S. Nancy Lozano K. E. McConnell Air Pollution in Bogotá Colombia: A Concentration Response Approach
2003 M.S. Ricardo Smith-Ramirez E. Lichtenberg Cost Sharing Programs and Farmer's Conservation Decision in Maryland (Non-thesis)
2003 M.S. Martin Debaig T. Melkonyan Formation Management: An Implicit Contract Perspective (Non-thesis)
2003 M.S. Shawn Bucholtz L. Lynch On the Value of Permanently Preserved and Developable Open Space in an Urban Fringe County: An Application of Neighborhood-based Spatial Weight Matrices (Thesis)
2003 Ph.D. Sumeet Gulati R. Chambers The Relationship Between International Trade and Environmental Regulation Under Special Interest Politics (abstract)
2003 Ph.D. Hojeong Park L. Olson Uncertainty and Irreversible Environmental Investments (abstract)
2003 Ph.D. Timothy Thomas M. Nerlove How Badly Will New Infrastructure Hurt the Amazon Forest of Brazil (abstract)
2003 M.S. Ekaterina Krivonos B. L. Gardner The Impact of Oligopsony and Trade Policy on Marketing Margins: The Case of Coffee Exports
2003 M.S. Lopamudra Chakraborti K. E. McConnell The Effect of Ambient Water Quality on Plant Level Discharges: Finding Evidence on Efficacy of U.S. Water Pollution Control Regulations
2004 Ph.D. Daniel Gilligan R. Lopez The Economics of Agricultural Labor Exchange With Evidence From Indonesia (abstract)
2004 Ph.D. Craig Landry K. E. McConnell General Model of Barrier Island Erosion Management with Applications to Sea Level Rise (abstract)
2004 M.S. Soma Bhattacharya A. Alberini Estimating the Value of Statistical Life in Developing Countries
2004 M.S. Shannon Sullivan (Price) J. List Using Tontines to Finance Public Goods: Experimental Evidence
2004 Ph.D. Fabrizio Bresciani B. L. Gardner Tenure Security, Land Markets and Household Income: Proceeds and the Impact of the 1992 Agrarian Reform in Mexico (abstract)
2004 Ph.D. Conrad Choiniere E. Lichtenberg Learning-by-Doing and Contracts in New Agricultural Industries (abstract)
2004 M.S. Uddin Helal R. E. Just Gains from Contracting: US Broiler and Hog Grower's Perspective (Non-Thesis)
2004 M.S. Xiangping Liu J List Three Theses on Land Economics (Non-Thesis)
2004 M.S. Shaikh M. Rahman R. E. Just Vertical Coordination in the Beef Industry: Implications of Grid Pricing, Cattle Ownership Structures, and Cattle Feeding Contracts (Non-Thesis)
2004 Ph.D. Habiba Djebbari A. Alberini Public Intervention and Household Behavior
2004 Ph.D. Ricardo Smith-Ramirez E. Lichtenberg On Economics of Conservation Cost Sharing: Evidence from Maryland and Chile
2004 Ph.D. Glenn Sheriff R.G. Chambers A Least-Cost Mechanism to Achieve Agricultural Income and Conservation Targets Under Asymmetric Information
2004 M.S. Gregmar Galinato R.G. Chambers Evolution of Property Rights Regimes through Community Voting: Disentangling the Trade and Environment (Non-Thesis)
2004 M.S. Paramita Sinha N.E. Bockstael Amenity Values: a Disequilibrium Approach (Non-Thesis)
2004 M.S. Andres Ulloa R.E. Lopez The Sustainability of the Chilean Economy: An Application for the Mining Sector (Non-Thesis)
2005 M.S. Irina Klytchnikova R.E. Just Welfare Impact of a Price and and Service Quality Change:Electricity Supply in Azerbaijan
2005 M.S. Constant Tra K.E. McConnell Valuing Environmental Improvements in a General Equilibrium Framework
2005 Ph.D. Michael Price K.E. McConnell Three Essays in Resource Economics
2005 Ph.D. Valerie Mueller A. Alberini Valuing Climate Amenities in Brazil Using a Hedonic Price Framework
2005 M.S. Karen Palm L. Lynch Using Predicted Market Values for Ecologically Valuable Natural Lands in Land Preservation Program Optimal Targeting Scheme: Application to Maryland's Greenprint Program
2005 M.S. Heather Klemick R.E. Lopez Economics of Fallow: Evidence from Eastern Amazon
2005 Ph.D. Katja Vinha N.E. Bockstael The Impact of Washington Metro on Development Patterns
2005 Ph.D. Gustavo Anriquez R.E. Lopez Renewable Resources as a Factor of Production in International Trade
2005 Ph.D. Angelo Zago R.G. Chambers Self-Regulation: Productivity and Non-Linear Pricing. Three Essays on Quality Production in Agricultural Markets
2006 Ph.D. Jyotsna Puri M. Cropper Factors Affecting Agricultural Expansion in Forest Reserves in Thailand: Role of Population and Roads
2006 M.S. Marcella Veronesi A. Alberini Asthma Management in Children and Family Decisionmaking: Evidence from California Study
2006 M.S. Sarah Adelman K. Leonard The Nutritional Impacts of School Feeding Programs on Unintended Beneficiaries: Evidence from Northern Uganda
2006 Ph.D. Jonathan Alevy R.G. Chambers Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
2006 Ph.D. Irina Klytchnikova R.E. Just Methodology and Estimation of the Welfare Impact of Energy Reforms on Households in Azerbaijan
2006 M.S. Charles Towe N.E. Bockstael Impacts of an Incentive Based Land Use Policy: An Evaluation of Preservation Easements
2006 M.S. Natheniel Higgins B.L. Gardner Investment and Growth in the Dairy Industry
2006 M.S. Niti Bhutani R.G. Chambers Contractual Structure in Corporate Agriculture
2006 Ph.D. Valeria Pineiro B.L. Gardner The Impact of Trade and Policy Liberalization on Argentina's Agricultural Sector: Technology Adoption in a Dynamic Model
2006 Ph.D. Gregmar Galinato R.G. Chambers Endogenous Property Rights Regimes, Common Property Resources and Trade Policies

2006

M.S.

Anmol Ratan

A. Lange

Research Proposal: Essays in Behavioral Economics

2006

Ph.D.

Soma Bhattacharya

A. Alberini

The Value of Mortality Risk Resuction in Delhi india

2006

Ph.D.

Oscar Cristi

L. Olson

The Influence of Heterogeneous Risk Preferences on Water Market Activity: An Application to the Paloma System of the Limari Water Basin, Chile

2007 M.S. Timothy Fitzgerald K. McConnell The Role of Split Estates in Coalbed Methane Development
2007 M.S. Juan Feng E. Lichtenberg An Empirical Examination of the Impacts of the 1998 Land Administration Law of China on Cultivated Land Conversion
2007 M.S. Yabei Zhang R. Just Hosehold Energy Use, Indoor Air Pollution and Health Impacts in India
2007 M.S. H. Di B. Kirwan The Impact of the Federal Disaster Payment Program on Crop Insurance Enrollment
2007 M.S. Michael Taylor R. Chambers The Spatial Consequences of Non-Balanced Growth
2007 Ph.D. Constant Tra K. McConnell Evaluation of the Equilibrium Welfare Impacts of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments in the Los Angeles Area
2007 Ph.D. Heather Klemick R. Lopez The Economics of Fallow: Evidence for the Eastern Amazon
2007 M.S. Beat Hintermann A. Lange Carbon Price Determination in the EUETS
2007 M.S. David Herberich K. McConnell Papers on the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments
2007 Ph.D. Shaikh M. Rahman R. Just Optimal Contracting and Vertical Coordination in the Beef Industry: An Assessment of Value Based Pricing
2007 Ph.D. Ekaterina Krivonos Gonzales B. Gardner Three Essays on Coffee Markets
2007 Ph.D. Nancy Bergeron L. Olson Costly Renewable Resource Management and International Trade
2007 Ph.D. Hernan Gonzales J. Horowitz The Interaction Between Distance to Walk and Vehicle Miles Traveled
2007 Ph.D.

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N. Bockstael Impacts of an Incentive Based Land use Policy on Evaluation of Preservation Easements
2008 Ph.D. Roger Claasen B. Gardner Asymmetric Information and Alternate Premium Rating Methods in U.S. Crop Insurance
2008 Ph.D. Uddin Helal R. Just Gains from Contracting for U.S. Hog Growers
2008 Ph.D. Marcella Veronesi A. Alberini Environmental Risk Factors, Health, and the Labor Market Response of U.S. Households
2008 Ph.D. Xiangping Liu A. Lange Land Preservation, Voluntary Programs and Regulatory Instruments
2008 Ph.D. Paramita Sinha M. Cropper The Value of Climate Amenities: A Disequilibrium Approach
2008 Ph.D. Lopamudra Chakraborti K. McConnell Assessing the Efficacy of NPDES Regulations: Permit Writers' Decisions, Plants Responses and the Impact of Pollutants on Water Quality
2008 Ph.D. Beat Hintermann A. Lange Pricing Carbon: Allowance Determination in the EU ETS
2008 Ph.D. Timothy Fitzgerald K. McConnell Essays on Split Estates in Energy Development
2009 Ph.D. Sarah Adelman K. Leonard Early Childhood Nutritional Responses to Targeted Food Aid and Social Network Disruptions in Ugandan Internally Displaced Person's Camps
2009 Ph.D. Ravissa Suchato C. McAusland Antidumping Duty Effects in the Presence of Collusion in an Upstream Market: The Case of U.S. Shrimp Imports from Thailand
2009 Ph.D. Andrew Stocking A. Lange, P. Crampton (co-chair) Three Empirical Studies in Market Design Defense
2009 Ph.D. Yabei Zhang R. Just Household Energy, Indoor Pollution and Health in India: A Welfare Analysis
2009 Ph.D. Chad Lawley E. Lichtenberg , L. Olson (co-chair) Protectionism Versus Risk in Screening for Invasive Species
2009 M.S. Manbar Khadka K. Leonard The Relationship Between Child Labor and Microfinance: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

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