Ph.D. dissertations from our alumni are listed below.
| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Filipski, Mateusz | Rural Economywide Modeling in Developing Countries: Three Essays |
| Gustafson, Christopher | Experimental Economics and Hedonic Pricing: An Application to Wine Attributes |
| Hendricks, Nathan | The Dynamics and Spatial Heterogeneity of Crop Acreage Response to Price: Problems of Aggregation and Pooling |
| Wimberger, Emily | From Detection Through Repair: Vehicle Emissions Testing |
| Yavapolkul, Navin | Three essays on the International Orange Juice Market |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Barrett, James | The Impact of Transportation Infrastructure on the Value of Time |
| Champetier de Ribes, Antoine | The Bioeconomics of Pollination in Agriculture |
| Grogan, Kelly | Multiple Interacting Externalities in a Spatial-Dynamic System: An Application to Pest Management |
| Kusunose, Yoko | Drought Risk and Vulnerability of Moroccan Dryland Wheat Farmers |
| Li, Chenguang | Retail Pricing Behavior for Agricultural Products with Implications for Farmer Welfare |
| Magnan, Nicholas | Three Essays on Technology Choice in Rainfed Cereal-Livestock Systems in Morocco |
| Okrent, Abigail | The Effects of Farm Commodity and Retail Food Policies on Obesity and Economic Welfare in the United States |
| Patlolla, Sandhyarani | Agricultural Policies and the Indian Sugar Industry: Impacts and Unintended Consequences |
| Richter, Susan | Remittances, Dynamics, and Dramas: The Role of Remittances in the Household Demand for Credit |
| Shewmake, Sharon | Can Carpooling Clean the Air? The Economics of HOV Lanes, Hybrids Cars and the Clean Air Act |
| Volpe III, Richard | Price and Promotional Paterns at Major US Supermarkets |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Adjemian, Michael | Estimating Spatial Interdependence in Automobile Choice with Multilevel Data |
| An, Henry | Technology Adoption and Disadoption: rbST and the United States Dairy Industry |
| Cobourn, Kelly | Incentives for Individual and Cooperative Management of a Mobile Pest: An Application to the Olive Fruit Fly in California |
| Corrigan, Kiara | Regulation of Spatial Externalities: The Case of California Pesticide Policy |
| Epanchin-Niell, Rebecca | Spatial-dynamics, Micro-behavior, and Control of Biological Invasions |
| Gorddard, Russell | Modeling Profit-Maximizing Land-Allocation Behavior |
| Heres Del Valle, David | Essays on the Comparison of Climate Change Policies: Land Use Regulations, Taxes, and Tradable Permits |
| Jeon, Sang Gon | Effects of Domestic Market Power on Implications of Reduced Trade Barriers: Application on Korean Dairy |
| Pfeiffer, Lisa | Three Essays on the Economics of Groundwater Extraction for Agriculture: Property Rights, Externalities, and Policy |
| Pienaar, Elizabeth | Improving the Performance of Community-Based Wildlife Management Programs: Evidence from Botswana |
| Sompolvorachai, Monticha | Enhanced Land Rights, Access to Credit and Farm Investment: An Evaluation of the Assets Capitalization Program in Thailand. |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Bhatia, Meera | Incentives for Investing in Check-Dams: Evaluating the impacts of Changes in Irrigation Water Supply on Heterogeneous Farmers in Northern India |
| Bond, Jennifer | New Perspectives on Performance Evaluation of Agriculture Producer Organizations |
| Hansen, Kristiana | Contractual Mechanisms to Manage Water Supply Risk in the Western United States |
| Liao, Pei-An (Steve) | Taiwan's National Health Insurance and the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Married Women |
| Liu, Chengfang | Policy Reforms, Governance, and the Provision of Public Goods and Services in Rural China |
| Pouliot, Sebastien | Traceability and Food Safety: Liability, Reputation and Willingness to Pay |
| Russo, Carlo | Modeling and Measuring the Structure of the Agrifood Chain: Market Power, Policy Incidence and Cooperative Efficiency |
| Saitone, Tina | The Economics of Minimum Quality Standards Imposed by Agricultural Producer Organizations |
| Stewart, Lauren (Micki) | Of Fish and Men: An Economic Analysis of the Galapagos Marine Reserve Resources Management Plan |
| Suzuki, Aya | Three Essays on Agricultural Marketing in Developing Countries: An Industrial Organization Approach |
| Thompson, Jennifer | Misunderstood Markets: The Case of California Gasoline |
| Witcover, Julie | Shaping Land Use Along an Agricultural Frontier: A Dynamic Household Model for Early Small-Scale Settlers in the Brazilian Amazon |
| Zetland, David | Conflict and Cooperation within an Organization: A Case Study of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Abbott, Joshua | Strategic and Spatial Aspects of Fisheries Bycatch |
| Arslan, Aslihan | Farmers' Subjective Valuation of Subsistence Crops: The Case of Traditional Maize in Mexico |
| Cancino, Jose | Bioeconomic Supply and Imperfect Competition: The Case of the North Pacific Halibut Industry |
| Catala-Luque, Rosa | Carbon Sequestration Supply For Yolo: A Spatial Approach |
| Chen, Pian | Modeling High Dimensional Economic Systems |
| Kennedy, David | An Economic Analysis of the Human Health Impacts of Antibiotic Use in Food Animal Production and the Demand For Antibiotic-Free Meat |
| Li, Lan | Retailer Pricing Behavior for a Fresh Produce Commodity: The Case of Avocados |
| Merel, Pierre | Three Essays on Supply Control Policies in Protected Designations of Origin |
| Onozaka, Yuko | Towards a Complete Demand Analysis of Organic Produce |
| Uchida, Hirotsugo | Collective Fishery Management in TURFs: The Role of Effort Coordination and Pooling Arrangement |
| Uria, Rocio | Determinants of Natural Gas Storage Decisions in California: Seasonality, Regulation and Future Prices |
| Zhang, Jian | Three Essays of Off-Farm Self-Employment, Government Regulation and Political Rents in Rural China |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Ahn, Byeongil | Market Power and Policy in the U.S. Dairy Industry |
| Bond, Craig | Time and Tradeoffs in Agroecosystem Environments: Essays on Natural Resource Use and Sustainability |
| Guirkinger, Katherine | Risk and the Structure of Rural Credit Markets |
| Gunning-Trant, Caroline | Ad Infinitum: The Use and Impact of NAFTA Trade Remedy Law |
| Huang, Qiuqiong | Water Pricing Policy in Rural China |
| Jacobs, Krista | Nutrition Interventions in Northern Ghana: Determinants of Participation and Impacts on Knowledge and Practices |
| Kim, Yun-Shik | Net Benefits of the Adoption of Tong-il Rice in Korea |
| Kipperberg, Gorm | Pro-Environmental Behavior and Preferences: Empirical Investigations of Participation in and Willingness To Pay For Community Recycling Programs |
| Kovacs, Kent | Natural Amenity Benefits and the Residential Development Market |
| Lopez Feldman, Alejandro | Rural Households, Natural Resources and Poverty: Three Essays on the Economics of Extraction in the Lacandona Rainforest, Mexico |
| McKee, Gregory | Pesticide Resistance, Population Dynamics, and Invasive Species Management |
| Qiao, Fangbin | Refuge Policies to Manage the Resistance of Pest Population to Genetically Modified (GM) Crops |
| Salon, Deborah | Cars and the City: An Investigation of Transportation and Residential Location Choices in New York City |
| Torres, Danielle | Three Essays on Agricultural Industries: Market Structure and Export Performance in Brazil, and Orange Juice Demand in the United States |
| Uchida, Emi | Forest Ecosystem Services and Rural Development: The Grain for Green Program in China |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Andersen, Matthew | Pro-Cyclical Productivity Patterns in U.S. Agriculture |
| Chang, Min | The Effect of Grain Trade Liberization on Food Security of Grain Farm Households in China |
| Gruere, Guillaume | Labeling Policies and International Trade of Genetically Modified Food |
| Li, Xianghong | Agricultural Tariff Rate Quotas: Impacts on Market Access |
| Suenaga, Hiroaki | Spot-Forward Price Relationships in Restructured Electricity Markets |
| Wicks, Santhi | Optimal Sustainable Agricultural Technologies: An Empirical Analysis of California Cover Cropping |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Balagtas, Joseph | New Perspectives on the Economics of Milk Marketing Orders: Rent Dissipation through Endogenous Quality |
| Desai, Sheila | Pooling Economic Data: Grouping Individuals into Households |
| Di Segni (Eshel), Dafna | The Economics of the Allocation of Tradable Pollution Rights |
| Hariyoga, Himawan | An Economic Analysis of Factors Affecting the Failure of an Agricultural Marketing Cooperative: The Bankruptcy of Tri Valley Growers |
| Jin, Songqing | Production Technology and Technology Production: The Economics of Crop Breeding in China |
| Kang, Hyejung | Consolidation and Productivity in Korean Agriculture: Analysis of Farm-Level Panel Data |
| Kobayashi, Mimako | Livestock Production in Transition Economies: The Case of Kazakhstan |
| Mohapatra, Sandeep | Complementarities, Constraints and Contracts : Incentive Design and Occupational Choice in China |
| Msangi, Siwa | Managing Groundwater in the Presence of Asymmetry: Three Essays |
| Torres, Marcelo | Production and Distribution Cost Economies in Water Firms: A Multiproduct Cost Model Incorporating Input Rigidities and Spatial Variables |
| Xia, Tian | Cattle, Contracts, and Grocery Retailers: Three Essays on Industrial Organization in Agricultural Markets |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Alexander, Corinne | The Role of Seed Company Information in Price Competition, and Farmers' Planting Decisions |
| Chen, Jing | Economic Development and the Evolution of Backyard Livestock Production: A Case Study of Hog Production in China |
| Gonzalez, Sandra | Economic Impacts of Federal Farm Assistance Programs Upon Regional CA Economics |
| Han, Frank | Seasonal and Weekly Price Determination in a Market for Perishables: An Econometric Model of the California Strawberry Industry |
| Rickard, Bradley | Domestic Support and Border Measures For Vertically Linked and Differentiated Goods: An Examination of EU Policy in the Processing Tomato Industry |
| Ward, Kristen | Evaluating Producer Response to Water Policies in Agriculture: The Role of Input Substitution, Spatial Heterogeneity and Input Quality |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| de Brauw, Alan | Three Essays on Migration, Education, and Household Development in Rural China |
| Dyer Leal, George | The Cost of in situ Conservation of Maize Landraces in the Sierra Norte De Puebla, Mexico |
| Lew, Daniel | Valuing Recreation, Time, and Water Quality Improvements Using Non-Market Valuation: An Application to San Diego Beaches |
| Liu, Dongqing (Holly) | Market-Making Behavior in Futures Market |
| McDonald, Jeffery David | Obtaining a Measure of Acreage Response That Is Transferable across Policy Regimes: An Application to U.S. Rice |
| Rickard, Bradley | Domestic Support and Border Measures For Vertically Linked and Differentiated Goods: An Examination of EU Policy in the Processing Tomato Industry |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Berwald, Derek | The Market Impact of Managed Futures |
| Eaves, James | Searching For Walras: An Analysis of the Tokyo Grain Exchange Auctions |
| Felthoven, Ronald | The Measurement of Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance: An Application to North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries |
| Lavoie, Nathalie | Price Discrimination in the Context of Vertical Differentiation: An Application to Canadian Wheat Exports |
| Peyton, James (Leonard) | Environmental Justice in High-Tech Industries: The Distribution of Environmental Hazards across Population Sub-Groups |
| Revoredo, Cesar | Storage and Commodity Price Behavior |
| Smith, Martin | Spatial Behavior, Marine Reserves, and the Northern California Red Sea Urchin Fishery |
| Sutton, William (Bill) | The Economics of Elephant Management in Namibia |
| Wang, Humei | On the Design of the EEP Bonus Allocation Mechanism |
| Yilmaz, Alper | Essays On Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Trade |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Acquaye, Albert | Parametric and Non-Parametric Measures of State-Level Productivity Growth and Technical Change in U.S. Agriculture: 1949-1991 |
| Apelbaum, Eidan | Three Essays on the Competition between National Brand and Private Label Food Products |
| Crespi, John | Genetic Commodity Promotion and Product Differentiation |
| Egan Marsh, Lorraine | Policy Uncertainty, Asset Value and Resource Exploitation: The Case of Federal Grazing Permits |
| James, Jennifer | Quality Responses to Commodity Policies |
| Lohmar, Bryan | The Effects of Land Tenure and Grain Quota Policies on Farm Household Labor Allocation in China |
| Parker, Dawn | Edge-Effect Externalities: Theoretical and Empirical Implications of Spatial Heterogeneity |
| Peltola, Jukka | Three Approaches To Mathematical Models For Finnish Natural Resource Management |
| Salvatici, Luca | Aggregate Indicators of Trade Distortions: Applications to the European Union Common Agricultural Policy |
| Van Dusen, M. Eric | In Situ Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources in the Mexican Milpa System |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
|---|---|
| Carey, Marc | The Value of Transferable Permits in Environmental Compliance: The Case of Tradable Rice Straw Burn Credits in the Sacramento Valley |
| Estrin, Andrew | Local Fiscal Bias, Grain Self-Sufficiency Policies, and Rural Production Efficiency in China |
| Hadjigeorgalis, Ereney | Private Water Markets in Agriculture and the Effects of Risk, Uncertainty, and Institutional Constraints |
| Hallstrom, Daniel | Climate Fluctuations and Improved Climate Information in International Grain Markets |
| Kandel, Adrienne | Instrumented Decomposition : A New Method to Estimate the Net Energy Savings Caused by Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs |
| Kaplan, Jonathan | Nonpoint Source Pollution Control, Incomplete Information and Learning: An Entropy Approach |
| Murphy, James | Incorporating Instream Flow Demands into a Water Market |
| Shaikh, Sabina | Modeling Time and Money Constrained Recreation Demand: The Case of California Gray Whale-Watching |
| Sosa, David | Market Failure in Sandard Setting: The Case of AM Stereo |
| Vayssieres Kandel, Adrienne | Consistent Estimation of Energy Savings Induced by Applicance or Equipment Rebate Programs |
| Wilson, Norbert | An Investigation of Policy Risk : The California Dairy Quota Program |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
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| Benin, Samuel | Intrahousehold Allocation of Labor Among the Matrilineal Akan of Ghana |
| Hampton, Stephen | Examination of Deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa at the Household Farm Level |
| Hsu, Shi-Ling | Model of Environmental Compromise between Regulators and Landowners under the Endangered Species Act |
| Jetter, Karen | Estimating Household Willingness-to-Pay for Urban Environmental Amenities from a Combined Contingent Valuation / Contingent Ranking Survey (1998) |
| Olsson, Raymond | Oilseeds Trade Dispute between the United States and the European Community |
| Sanchirico, James (Jim) | Bioeconomics of Spatial and Intertemporal Exploitation: Implications for Management |
| Wyatt, Tom (TJ) | Investment in Erosion Control by Malagasy Farmers of the Hautes Terres |
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| Alumnus | Dissertation |
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| Casey, Jr, Keith Ed | Assessing the Impacts of Individual Transferable Quotas in the North Pacific Halibut Fishery |
| Evans, Mark | Analysis of Vessel Performance and Mobility in the California Commercial Salmon Fishery |
| Meng, Erika (Ching Huei) | Land Allocation Decisions and in situ Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources: The Case of Wheat Landraces in Turkey |
| Piggott, Nicholas | Benefits and Costs of Generic Advertising of Agricultural Commodities |
| Venner, Raymond | Economic Analysis of the U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act: The Case of Wheat |
| Wolf, Christopher A. | Measuring and Explaining Dairy Farm Size Distributions |
| Zhang, Mingxia | Three Essays on Imperfect Competition in Agricultural Market Sexton |
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