Recent Dissertations
Below is a list of dissertations by doctoral students in agricultural economics. View complete list of theses and dissertations from the Department of Agricultural Economics on the K-State Research Exchange.
| Year | Student | Dissertation Title | Major Professor |
| 2016 | Graciela Andrango | Essays on Extension Education and Farmers Adoption of Oilseeds, Crops and Conservation Practices | Timothy Dalton Jason Bergtold |
| | Sheng Gong | Essays on Conservation Adoption and Discrete Choice Modeling | Jason Bergtold |
| | Ji Yong Lee | Essays in Three Design Issues in Experimental Auctions | Sean Fox |
| | Krishna Pokharel | Essays on Measuring Efficiency and Productivity of Agricultural Cooperatives | Allen Featherstone |
| | Xia Shang | Food Safety Impacts on US Domestic Meat Demand and International Red Meat Trade | Glynn Tonsor |
| | Rulianda Wibowo | Optimal Irrigation Strategy with Limited Water Availability Accounting for the Risk from Weather Uncertainty | Nathan Hendricks |
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| 2013 | Jason Fewell | Essays on Kansas Farmers' Willingness To Adopt Alternative Energy Crops and Conservation Practices | Jason Bergtold |
| | Bryon Parmon | Economies of scale for data envelopment analysis with a Kansas farm application | Vincent Amanor-Boaudu |
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| 2012 | Lee Schulz | Essays on demand enhancement by food industry participants | Ted Schroeder |
| | Alexi Thompson | Three Essays on the Environmental Kuznets Curve for Water Pollution | Jeff Peterson |
| | Koichi Yamaura | World Markets of Vertically Differentiated Agricultural Commodities: A Case of Soybean Markets | Tian Xia |
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| 2011 | Craig Matthew Smith | An analysis of alternative soil, nutrient, and water management strategies | Jeffery R. Williams |
| | Elizabeth Yeager | Impact of Risk on Cost and Revenue Efficiencies | Michael Langemeier |
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| 2009 | Amin W. Mugera | Productivity Growth, Convergence, and Attribution Dynamics in the Kansas Farm Sector | Michael Langemeier |
| | Sreedhar Upendruam | Irrigation Scheduling, Crop Choices, and Impact of Irrigation Technology Upgrade on the Kansas High Plains Aquifer | Jeff Peterson |
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| 2008 | Yun Ju Chen | Consumer Preferences for Wool Production Attributes | Hikaru Hanawa Peterson |
| | John Micheal Riley | Producer Perception of Fed Cattle Price Risk | Ted Schroeder |
| | Alexandra Gregory | Optimal Economic Design of Mail Surveys: An Application to Consumer Demand for Irradiated Foods | Sean Fox |
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| 2007 | L.Lanier Nalley | The Genetic and Economic Impact of the CIMMYT Wheat Breeding Program: A Policy Analysis of Public Wheat Breeding | Andrew Barkley |
| | Zhifeng Gao | Effects of Additional Quality Attributes on Consumer Willingness to Pay for Food Labels | Ted Shroeder |
| | Preceles Manzo | Implementation of Tariff Rate Quotes in the Phillipines | Andrew Barkley |
| | Yapo N’Guessan | Economic impact of ethanol production on U.S. livestock sector: a spatial analysis of corn and distillers grain shipment | Terry Kastens |
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| 2006 | Luc Valentin | Welfare Imacts of GMO Adoption on the Marketing Chain | Jeff Peterson |
| | Adriana Chacon-Cuscante | The EU Banana Market: Demand Estimation and Evaluation of the New Import Regime | John Crespi |
| | Sarah Dorsey | Measuring the Impact of Integration and Diversification on Firm Value in the Food Industry | Michael Boland |
| | Dustin Pendell | Value of Animal Traceability Systems in Managing a Food and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Southwest Kansas | Ted Schroeder |
| | Glynn Tonsor | Feedlot Cattle Crush: Joint Distribution Model Development, Evaluation, and Application | Ted Schroeder |
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| 2005 | Hanas Abdul Cader | Rural Competitiveness in a Changing Economy: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Entrepreneurship, and Small Business Development | John Leatherman |
| | January Mafuru | Utilizing a Sub-Sector Characteristcs Approach to Determining Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: The Case of Improved Sorghum Variation in Lake Zone, Tanzania | David Norman |
| | Brian Coffey | Micro-Level Analysis of Consumer Meat Demand | Ted Schroeder |
| | Molly Brant | Aymptotically Ideal Model: Applications to Agricultural Economics | Allen Featherstone |
| | Leah Tsoodle | The Impact of Preferential Assessment of Agricultural Land on Housing Affordability | Allen Featherstone |
| | Bill Golden | The Value of Water Rights in the Rattlesnake Creek Sub-Basin: A Spatial Hedonic Analysis | Terry Kastens |
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| 2004 | Ebenezer Ogunyinka | An Examination of International Agricultural Productivity, Technological Bias, and Efficiency Gains | Michael Langemeier |
| | Kranti Mulik | Geographical Indications and the Trade Related Property Rights (TRIPS): A Case Study of Basmati | John Crespi |
| | Odeh Oluwarotimi | Agricultural Credit Institutions and Loan Default | Allen Featherstone |
