Agricultural Economics Department
Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
1) it is optional, not required (the ProQuest deposit is required); and
2) it will be available to everyone online; there is no embargo for dissertations in the UNL Digital Commons.
Master's candidates: Deposit of your thesis or project is required. (If an embargo [restricted access] is necessary, you may deposit it at https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/embargotheses/ only after getting approval from your department and the Graduate Office; contact Terri Eastin).
TO DEPOSIT YOUR DISSERTATION OR THESIS
1. Create or log in to your Digital Commons account
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Fill in your names, email address, create a password, and click on Create Account.
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2. Instructions for deposit
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TITLE: Fill it in using title case (that is, capitals for the first letter of all words except articles and prepositions).
AUTHOR: In each respective box, enter your names (and/or initials) as they appear on the title page of your dissertation or thesis. You are the sole author; your advisor is not considered a co-author. Institution is University of Nebraska-Lincoln (not "at Lincoln" or ", Lincoln"). Do not leave this field blank.
FIRST ADVISOR: Enter your advisor’s name. Add a second and third, if needed (advisors only, not committee members).
DATE OF THIS VERSION: Month and Year only.
CITATION: Copy and paste the rest of whatever appears on the title page of your work. It usually starts with something like “A THESIS Presented to the Faculty …” and ends with “Lincoln, Nebraska [month] [year].”
ABSTRACT: Just include the body of the abstract, not the title or your name, but DO add your advisor’s name at the end of the abstract after the word Advisor and a colon, like this: Advisor: ….
Skip the ORCID IDs, Keywords, Disciplines, and Comments fields, and DO NOT check a bubble for the Publication Status field.
Click UPLOAD FILE FROM YOUR COMPUTER. Select the file of your work from your device (should be in Portable Document Format, PDF).
Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom.
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CONGRATULATIONS on reaching this amazing milestone in your academic career!
3. After your initial deposit
Upon deposit, you will receive an email that your submission has been received; you need to show the Graduate Office this message.
Before we complete your upload, we usually wait a day or two to give you an opportunity to correct those oops issues that seem to emerge just after deposit. Before it’s been posted, you can still log back in and select Revise and upload a new version so you can upload a version with your advisor's name spelled right or whatever else needs to be fixed.
It is important that you DO NOT resubmit another file after it’s been posted online. This causes lots of problems.
But have no fear: If further changes are needed after it’s been posted, you can send a revised file to the series administrator (Sue Gardner) requesting to replace it.
2024
Government Program Decision Analysis in Nebraska at the Farm Level, Tatum R. Brunkow
Linking Risk Preference, Women’s Empowerment, Farm Investment and Household Well-Being, Samuel Olusesi Olumide
Utilizing Extreme Value Theory to Uncover Yield Distributions from Farm and County Level Historical Corn Yields, Gerald H. Van Tassell
2023
US Public School Demand for Locally Produced Meat and Poultry, Shara Akat
Assessing Determinants of Participation in Conservation Programs in the U.S., Manita Ale
Exploring the Presence of Nonlinear Deterministic Dynamics in Commodity Prices, Sagar Dahal
Regenerative Farming Practices: How Much Carbon Do They Sequester?, Andrew M. Havens
The Role and Implications of Negotiation in Fed Cattle Transactions, TaraLee Hudson
Irrigation-as-a-Service for Smallholder Farmers, Ishani Lal
Biological Capital Estimation for the United States: Data sets for Adauto Rocha dissertation, Adauto B. Rocha Jr.
The Effect of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Exhaust Emissions Standards on Diesel Tractor Fuel Efficiency, Jerin TeKolste
Economic Analysis of Western Corn Rootworm Injury to Continuous Corn in Northeast Nebraska., Isadora Vercesi Bethlem
2022
Essays on Conservation Outcomes on Rented Farmland-Role of Gender, Diya Ganguly
What is the Value of Ethanol to Nebraska Corn Producers?, Austin Harthoorn
Analyzing Flexibility as a Risk Management Strategy in Agricultural Systems, Jedidiah Hewlett
Essays on Socioeconomic Shocks and Policies in Agriculture, Wilman Iglesias
Causal Forest Approach For Site-Specific Input Management via On-Farm Precision Experimentation, Shunkei Kakimoto
CECL for Financial Institutions: An Analysis of the SCALE Method, Jared Stauffer
The Role of Intertemporal Preferences, Active Consideration of Health Outcomes, and Simple Health Prompts on the Nutritional Quality of Food Choices, Olivier Tuyizere
2021
Corn Co-product Logistics: An Application of Linear Programming, Dmitry Kalashnikov Adams
Determinants of Discretionary Agricultural Policy Adoption: The Case of the Livestock Friendly County Program in Nebraska, Cicely Batie
Distillers' Grains: Past, Present, and Future Economic Analyses, Daniel E. Gertner
Nebraska Cow-Calf Operations: Use of Pricing Tools and Market Diversification Strategies to Manage Market Risk, Logan Kalkowski
Essays on the Designs and Benefits of Land Conservation Programs, Badri Khanal
Perceptions of Future Community and Individual Well-Being in Rural Nebraska, Amanda L. Kowalewski
Essays on Agricultural Technology, Resource Allocation and the Value of Information, Pedro Queiroz
Impacts of Crop Insurance and Intra-season Hedging on Long-run Net Income Risk, Kara Zimmerman
2020
The Role of Myopic Loss Aversion in Pre-harvest Grain Marketing, Iyore Eronmwon
The Role of Quality Characteristics in Pricing Hard Red Winter Wheat, Shane J. Roberts
2019
How Does Identifying as Gluten-Free Impact Information Choice Regarding the Gluten-Free Diet?, Pratiksha Baishya
Modeling and Economic Analysis of a Crop-Livestock Production System Incorporating Cereal Rye as a Forage, Eric R. Coufal
Examining the Capacity of Nebraska Rangelands for Cattle Production and Evaluating Drought Management Strategies, Kaitlyn L. Cumming
The Impact of Different Data Processing Methods on Site-specific Management Recommendation, Zhengzheng Gao
The Economic Evaluation of Input Use Prescription Maps: Are You Paying to Make Less Profit?, Grant Edward Gardner
An Empirical Long-Run Competitive Equilibrium Model of Subsidized Crop Insurance and Farm Industry Structure, Taylor T. Kaus
Which Credence Production Attributes Do Consumers Prefer? The Case of Milk, Emmanouil Petrakis
Measuring Impacts of Uncertainty, Irreversibility, and Loss Aversion on the Adoption of Crop Canopy Sensors Among Nebraska Corn Producers, Brooks Ronspies
The Effects of Economic Factors and Groundwater Policies on the Timing of Well Drilling, Qianyu Zhang
2018
Testing Global Dietary Convergence, Sri Noor Cholidah
Effects of China’s Trade Policies on the U.S. Distiller’s Dried Grains, Vanessa De Oliveira
The Relationship of Male and Female Pastoralist Income with Household Food Security and Nutrition Status in Tanzania: Maasai, Sukuma, and Barabaig Ethnic Groups., Henriette Gitungwa
Understanding Consumer Attitudes Towards Antimicrobial Risk Reducing Practices, Sabrina Gulab
Estimating Adaptation to Climate Change in Groundwater Irrigation, James Keeler
Irrigation Management, Environment, and Profits: Who Wins?, Emily O'Donnell
How Do Restaurant Menu Calorie Labeling Requirements and Exercise Impact Consumer Food Decision Making?, Nigina Rakhmatullaeva
Using Regression Analysis to Determine Land Cover Impacts on Groundwater Levels in the High Plains, Dylan T. Riley
2017
Consumer Perceptions of Food Safety and Preferences for Food Safety Interventions, Kofi Britwum
Demand and Risk Management Analysis of Rainfall Index Insurance, Ashlee Carlson
Label Position and Its Impact on Willingness to Pay for Products Containing Genetically Modified Organisms, Ruskin Gautam
The Impact of Groundwater and Well Characteristics on Irrigator Energy Contract Choice, Taylor Hackbart
The Role of Safety First Risk Preferences in Grain Marketing: A Laboratory Economic Experiment using a Grain Marketing Simulation Game, Stamatina Kotsakou
Econometric Estimation of Groundwater Depth Change for the High Plains Aquifer, Jonathan R. Sims
An Economic Analysis of a Total Allowable Catch-Individual Transferable Quota System in a Developing Country Heterogeneous Fishery: An Application to the Digha Fishery in West Bengal, India, Nadeeka Weerasekara
2016
Ex-post Livestock Diseases, and Pastoralists' Averting Decisions in Tanzania, Mazbahul Ahamad
The Influence of Projection Bias on Outcomes of Healthcare Financial Incentive Programs, Jordyn M. Bader
Has the Usage of Precision Agriculture Technologies Actually Led to Increased Profits for Nebraska Producers?, Michael H. Castle
A Hedonic Analysis of Community Supported Agriculture Share Prices in Midwestern United States, Binod Khanal
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Agricultural Total Factor Productivity, 1961-2011, Lee Kottmeyer
U.S. Mushroom Import Demand Estimation with Source Differentiated AIDS and Rotterdam Models, Jun Li
The Potential Water Saved When USA Households Pay a Water Bill, Wenfeng Li
Impact of Healthy Food Labels on Consumer Choice and Valuation, Mattingly Perlinger
The Impact of the Timing of the Intergenerational Farm Transfer Initiation on the Terminal Wealth in the Business: Simulation Model, Iuliia Protopop
2015
Three Essays on Biofuels, Drought, Livestock, and the Environment, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel
Does the Nebraska Livestock Friendly County Program Affect Livestock Expansion in the State?, Brian E. Mills
Economic Analysis of Eradication and Alternative Crop Policies for Controlling Coca Supply in Colombia, Jilmar David Robledo Caicedo
Export Taxes and Their Effects on Farmers' Profitability and Risk in Argentina, Ezequiel M. Villamil
2014
Economic Impacts of Increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards, Ann K. Hunter-Pirtle
Irrigation Demand in a Changing Climate: Using Disaggregate Data to Predict Future Groundwater Use, Calvin R. Shaneyfelt
Hay Supply in The U.S. Midwest, Ana Stepanovic
Agricultural Productivity in the Greater Middle East, Zahra Tayebi
2013
Agricultural Productivity in Mercosur, Preeti Bharati
Predicting Groundwater Trading Participation in the Upper Republican River Natural Resource District, Elizabeth M. Juchems
Three Essays on Renewable Energy, Kepifri Alpha Lakoh
Three Essays in Renewable Energy, Kepifri Alpha Lakoh
The Impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): An Empirical Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Agricultural Exports, Addisalem Zenebe
2012
Risk Management Strategies for Nebraska Grain and Oilseed Producers: A Stochastic Simulation and Analysis, Jim A. Jansen
Essays on the U.S Biofuel Policies: Welfare Impacts and the Potential for Reduction of GHG Emission, Kassu Wamisho Hossiso
2011
Replacement Alternatives for Beef Cow Herds: An Analysis of Retaining Non-pregnant Cows, Trenton T. Bohling
Agricultural Productivity Growth in Central America and the Caribbean, Ayako Ebata
Intraseasonal Management Strategies for Deficit Irrigation, Isaac I. N. Mortensen
Applying Data Mining Techniques to Evaluate Applications for Agricultural Loans, Emile J. Salame
2010
Energy Restriction During Development in Breeding Gilts: An Economic Analysis, Justin Cech
Essays on Industrial Organization and Environmental Economics, Gibson Nene
Essays on Equity-Efficiency Trade Offs in Energy and Climate Policies, Juan P. Sesmero
An Analysis of Supply Contracts in the Livestock Markets of the United States, Doussou Traore
2009
The Use Of Economics Experiments To Understand Patent Licensing, Patent Challenging And Patent Litigation Behavior, Rita Abdelnour
1951
Some Economic Aspects of the Fluid Milk Industry of Nebraska, Kenneth E. Anderson
1941
Farm Organization and Pasture Management Followed by Nebraska-Forage-Livestock Cooperators 1939-1940, Denver David Gray