Department of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Theses, Technical Papers, and Dissertations


Completed Original Research Defended in DARE

All DARE graduate students must prepare and defend a original work of scholarly research. With the advent of eletronic filing, here we provide access to completed theses, technical papers, and dissertations submitted in partial fulfullment of the requirements for M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.

Back to TopPh.D. Dissertations

Deisenroth, D.B. 2011. Accounting for Spatial Substitution Patterns and Bioeconomic Feedback Loops: An Economic Approach to Managing Inland Recreational Fisheries.
Co-Chairs: Dr. Craig Bond and Dr. John Loomis

Richardson, L.A. 2011. Quantifying the Economic Health Cost of Exposure to Wildfire Smoke: Four Essays in Non-Markey Valuation, Methodological Comparisons, and Econometric Methods to Address Endogeneity.
Chair: Dr. John Loomis

Thorvaldson, J.L. 2010. Water Use in the Western U.S. Irrigated Agriculture, Water, Leases, and Public Preferences.
Chair: Dr. James Pritchett

Back to TopM.S. Theses

Gunter, A. 2011. Rebuilding Local Food Systems: Marketing and Economic Implications for Communities

Chair: Dr. Dawn Thilmany

Hick, E. 2011. Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Determinants of Household Recycling Behavior

Chair: Dr. Andrew Seidl

McTernan, J.A. 2011. The Economic Value of Whitewater Sports in the Cache La Poudre Canyon, Colorado

Chair: John Loomis

Nicoletti, C.K. 2011. Rural Prosperity Initiative: Propensity-Score Analysis of Income and Crop Production Effects from a Comprehensive Micro-Irrigation Program in Zambia

Chair: Dr. Stephan Kroll

Stone, J. 2011. Policies Versus Perception: Estimating the Impact of Drought Awareness on Residential Water Demand.
Chair: Dr. Christopher Goemans

Thomas, C.M. 2010. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Prevantative Management for Zebra and Quagga Mussels in the Colorado-Big Thompson System.
Co-Chairs: Dr. Craig Bond and Dr. Chris Goemans

Back to TopM.S. Technical Papers

Alamri, Y.A. 2010. Forecasting U.S. Exports of Corn.
Chair: Dr. Steve Davies

Brito, P.R.B. 2010 Farm Management in Crop Production Under Limited Water Conditions in Balkh, Afghanistan.
Chair: Dr. Steve Davies

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