Dissertations, Theses, and Field Essays
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Electronic versions of all PhD dissertations, and some MS theses since 2007, are available at ScholarWorks at UMass Amherst. This site is a digital showcase of the research and scholarly output of members of the University of Massachusetts Amherst community. The ScholarWorks repository is administered by the UMass Amherst Libraries and serves as a permanent digital archive for these scholarly materials.
2012
M.S. Recipients:
Griffin, Michael (Field Essay). FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROVISION OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE BY GENERAL HOSPITALS IN PENNSYLVANIA. Faculty Advisor: Sheila Mammen.
Tuttle, Sarah (Field Essay). DETERMINANTS OF PHYSICIAN SUPPLY IN MASSACHUSETTS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. Faculty Advisor: Sheila Mammen.
Vergara Sobarzo, Lucia Andrea (Thesis). INVESTIGATING THE ABILITY OF PRO-SOCIAL EMOTIONS TO ENHANCE COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR. Faculty Advisor: John Spraggon.
Walsh, Joseph (Field Essay). ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION METHODS FOR LANDSCAPE TREES: COMPARING GROWTH AND WHOLESALE VALUE ACROSS TREATMENTS. Faculty Advisor: Daniel A. Lass.
2011
Ph.D. Recipients:
Timmons, David Selkirk. THE POTENTIAL SUPPLY OF CELLULOSIC BIOMASS ENERGY CROPS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. Faculty Advisor: Daniel A. Lass.
Viteri, Cesar Mejia. PRICING AND PRESERVING UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS: THE CASE OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. Faculty Advisor: Sylvia Brandt.
M.S. Recipients:
Boyle, Robert J. (Field Essay). A SURVEY OF DECISION THEORY IN ECONOMICS. Faculty Advisor: L. Joe Moffitt.
Brassard, Olivia M. (Field Essay). FACTORS INFLUENCING WOOD BIOMASS ENERGY PRODUCTION IN MASSACHUSETTS – A LITERATURE REVIEW AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF MASSACHUSETTS LANDOWNER SURVEY DATA. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Casaceli, Jaclyn (Field Essay). MODELS OF VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND THEIR USE IN THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS LITERATURE. Faculty Advisor: Nathalie Lavoie.
Iacono, Stacy (Field Essay). THE ECONOMICS OF FARMLAND AND OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION IN THE US. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Janjua, Bilal (Field Essay). STATE-LEVEL ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS AND THEIR EFFECT ON DEMAND IN THE U.S. BEER MARKET. Faculty Advisor: Christian Rojas.
Magnoni, Scott (Field Essay). CHOICE ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Tiwary, Ruchita (Thesis). DETERMINANTS OF TAX PASS-THROUGH RATES: A STUDY OF THE U.S. BEER INDUSTRY. Faculty Advisor: Christian Rojas.
Valluri, Swetha (Thesis). DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH CARE USE AMONG RURAL, LOW-INCOME MOTHERS AND CHILDREN: A SIMULTANEOUS SYSTEMS APPROACH TO NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION MODELING. Faculty Advisor: Sheila Mammen.
Weiss, Mitchell B. (Field Essay). ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF CORN AS A GREENHOUSE FUEL. Faculty Advisor: Daniel A. Lass.
2010
M.S. Recipients:
Alayon, Laura Maria (Thesis).REGULATORY COMPLIANCE IN SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES IN OLD PROVIDENCE ISLAND (COLOMBIA).
Dickinson, Brenton J. (Thesis). MASSACHUSETTS LANDOWNER PARTICIPATION IN FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION: AN ORDERED LOGIT ANALYSIS OF RATINGS DATA. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Laine, Benjamin (Field Essay). INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF ENFORCEMENT ON PERMIT PRICES IN EXPERIMENTAL EMISSIONS TRADING MARKETS. Faculty Advisor: John Spraggon.
Rallis, Kate (Field Essay). MODELING NATIONAL PARK ATTENDANCE. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Sellati, Brenton (Thesis). DYNAMIC MODEL POOLING METHODOLOGY FOR IMPROVING ABERRATION DETECTION ALGORITHMS. Faculty Advisor: L. Joe Moffitt.
Tabatabaei, Maryam (Field Essay). HYPOTHETICAL BIAS AND AN EXPLICIT CONTRACT. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Weiss, Diana (Field Essay). BURDEN OF ASTHMA IN U.S. CHILDREN: DIRECT MEDICAL COST ESTIMATES FROM THE 2008 MEPS. Faculty Advisor: Sylvia Brandt.
2009
Ph.D. Recipients:
Nyiwul, Linus M. Essays on Environmental Policy and Markets. Faculty Advisor: John K. Stranlund.
Joseph, Siny. Country of Origin Labeling: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Market Effects in the U.S. Seafood Industry. Faculty Advisors: Nathalie Lavoie and Julie Caswell.
M.S. Recipients:
Bigelow, Daniel P. (Field Essay). Economic Impacts of an Easement National Forest in the Berkshires: A Literature Review. Faculty Advisor: David T. Damery.
Galiano, Ria. (Field Essay). Hypothetical Bias in Contingent Valuation. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Guo, Yidan. (Field Essay). Use-value Assessment of Massachusetts Farmland. Faculty Advisor: Daniel A. Lass.
Hedeman, Donald T. (Field Essay). Happiness and How Economists Measure It: A Literature Review. Faculty Advisor: M.J. Alhabeeb.
Larkin-Connolly, Brendan. (Field Essay). Determinants of the Cost Pass-Through Rate: What have we learned? Faculty Advisor: Christian Rojas.
Peterson, Daniel J. (Field Essay). A Review of Experiments in Emission Permit Trading Programs. Faculty Advisor: John Spraggon.
Woodford, Michelle. (Field Essay). Escaping Poverty: Rural Low-Income Mothers’ Access to Post-Secondary Education. Faculty Advisor: Sheila Mammen.
Zirogiannis, Nikolaos. (Thesis) Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation: The Case of Southern Greece. Faculty Advisor: John Spraggon.
2008
Ph.D. Recipients:
Baek, Moonyoung. A Study on Forecasting High-Frequency Time Series with Multiple Seasonal Patterns. Faculty Advisor: P. Geoffrey Allen.
Li, Chunxiang. Price Transmission and Market Power in the Vertically Separated Markets of Fluid Milk. Faculty Advisor: Daniel A. Lass.
Lopez, Maria Claudia. Internal, External and Dual Enforcement to Enhance Cooperation Among Users of Natural Resources: Evidence from the Field. Faculty Advisor: John K. Stranlund.
M.S. Recipients:
Baker, Amy J. (Field Essay). Entrance of the Race Variable in Health Valuation Studies A Riview of the Literature. Faculty Advisor: Sylvia Brandt.
Bi, Hongbin. (Field Essay). Robust Defense Against a Multifaceted Terrorist Threat. Faculty Advisor: L. Joe Moffitt.
Dolan, Megan. M. (Thesis). The Impacts of the Organic Mainstream Movement: A Case Study of New England Organic Retail Prices. Faculty Advisor: Julie A. Caswell.
Ludwig, Daniel. J. (Field Essay). A Diesel Future? An econometric analysis of short-run elasticities and forecasting models. Faculty Advisor: Daniel A. Lass.
Martin, Thomas. (Field Essay). College Life With Asthma. Faculty Advisor: Sylvia Brandt.
Shen, Le (Field Essay). The Effect of Distributive Justice on Willingness to Pay for Time. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Wilson, Kimberly Claire. (Field Essay). The Weitzman Approach to the Stern Review Or Tails vs. Middles. Faculty Advisor: Barry C. Field.
Zhang, Wei. (Thesis). Financial Distress and the Performance of Emissions Trading Programs. Faculty Advisor: John K. Stranlund.
2007
Ph.D. Recipients:
McEvoy, David Michael. Enforcing Voluntary Agreements for Environmental Protection: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis. Faculty Advisor: John K. Stranlund.
Naidu, Sirisha. Heterogeneity on the Commons: An Analsysis of Use and Management of Common Forests in Himachal Pradesh, India. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Souza-Monteiro, Diogo M. Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Economics of Traceability Adoption in Food Supply Chains. Faculty Advisor: Julie A. Caswell.
Yadav, Lava P. Hypothetical Bias in Contingent Valuation. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
M.S. Recipients:
Cai, Qian. (Field Essay). Non-Tariff Barriers in South-South Trade in Agricultural and Food Products. Faculty Advisor: Julie Caswell.
Godoy Liere, Juan Andres. (Field Essay). Faculty Advisor: Barry Field.
LeVert, Michael J. (Thesis). Conservation of Private Forestland in the Northeast: The Role of Economic Incentives, discounting and ACORN. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Lopez, Maria Claudia. (Non-thesis, Ph.D. 2008). Faculty Advisor: John Stranlund.
Yadav. Lava. P. (Non-thesis, Ph.D. 2007). Faculty Advisor: Thomas Stevens.
2006
Ph.D. Recipients:
Damery, David T. Factors Influencing Forest Management Planning by Private Forest Landowners. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Velez, Maria. Three Essays on the Determinants of Behavior in the Commons: Experimental Evidence from Fishing Communities in Colombia. Faculty Advisor: John Stranlund.
M.S. Recipients:
Schroeder, Michael. A. (Field Essay). Energy Crises' Estimates of U.S. Gasoline Demand. Faculty Advisor: L. Joe Moffitt.
Souza-Monteiro, Diogo. M. (Non-thesis, Ph.D. 2007). Faculty Advisor: Julie A. Caswell.
Boschert, Kathryn. A. (Thesis). Living with Asthma: An Economic Assessment of an Asthma Intervention for Vulnerable Populations. Faculty Advisor: Sylvia Brandt.
Haskell, William B. (Thesis). Comparative Statics for Robust Optimal Solutions. Faculty Advisor: L. Joe Moffitt.
Kruzewski, Michael T. (Thesis). Disparities in Repeat Emergency Room Visits. Faculty Advisor: Sylvia Brandt.
Urdaneta, Bernardo A. (Thesis). Conjoint Analysis of Public Opinion Towards Alternative Funding Mechanisms for Acadia National Park. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
2005
M.S. Recipients:
Zhong, Yi. (Thesis). Disparities of Races, Income, and Exposure to Pollution, and Hospitalization Rates of Asthma, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Diseases in the State of Massachusetts. Faculty Advisor: Sylvia Brandt.
Hanig, Ross A. (Field Essay). Human Rights as a Means and an End: A Cross-Section Time-Series Analysis of Possible Determinants of Economic Growth and Human Rights. Faculty Advisor: P. Geoffrey Allen.
Manolakos, Panayiotis T. (Thesis). An Investigation Of Shortages in Markets For Nurses. Faculty Advisor: Bernard J. Morzuch.
Naidu, Sirisha. (Non-Thesis, Ph.D. 2007). Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
Olanyk, Amy B. Agroterrorism: The Farmers' Incentive for Self-Protection. Faculty Advisor: Barry C. Field.
Velez. Maria. A. (Non-thesis, Ph.D. 2006). Faculty Advisor: John Stranlund.
Volpe, Richard J. (Thesis). The Effect of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Grocery Prices in New England. Faculty Advisor: Nathalie Lavoie.
2004
Ph.D. Recipients:
Caffera, Marcello. The Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Regulation in a Less Developed Market Economy: Evidence from Uruguay. Faculty Advisor: John K. Stranlund.
Korneeva, Margarita. Transferable permit systems to control spatial pollutants: a laboratory experiment. Faculty Advisor: James Murphy.
Samnaliev, Mihail D. Hypothetical Bias in Contingent Valuation of Environmental and Health Commodities. Faculty Advisor: Thomas H. Stevens.
M.S. Recipients:
Erdem, Seda. (Thesis). Decision-Making Tools for Effective Redution of Food Borne Safety Risk. Faculty Advisor: Julie Caswell.
Ndaba, Phumla.(Thesis). Economic Aspects of Carbon Sequestration Through Rangeland Rehabilitation in South Africa. Faculty Advisor: Barry C. Field.
Salemme, Michael T. (Field Essay). Rural Mothers on Assistance: Factors Affecting Their Labor Force Supply. Faculty Advisor: Sheila Mammen.
