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- 15Canada, Alberta
- 8Valuation
- 7Risk management
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- 3Canada, Saskatchewan
- 3Farm management
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1994
Schnitkey, Gary D., Novak, Frank
In this paper, we examine risk reductions possible by including off-farm assets with farm assets in a form growth context. We specify a dynamic investment model in which an individual can invest in hog finishing barns, stocks, and financial holdings. We solve this model for an Alberta hog...
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1995
Boxall, Peter C., Adamowicz, Wiktor, Peters, Tamantha
This is the third report resulting from the study: \"A Socioeconomic Evaluation of Sportfishing Activity in Southern Alberta.\" The first report dealt with general results from the survey, while the second focused specifically on the impacts of the Oldman River Dam on recreational fishing in the...
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A Socio-Economic Evaluation of Recreational Whitetail Deer and Moose Hunting in Northwestern Saskatchewan
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Phillips, William E., Morton, Karen, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Boxall, Peter C., White, William
Hunting is an important recreational activity in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management estimates there were approximately 102 028 big game hunting licenses purchased for the 1992/93 hunting season, with over 95 612 participants. The big game species include Whitetail...
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1992
Watson, David, Peters, Tamantha, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Boxall, Peter C.
Recreational fishing is one of the most important recreational activities in Alberta. The report on Sports Fishing in Alberta, 1985, states that over 340,000 angling licences were purchased in the province and the total population of anglers exceeded 430,000. Approximately 5.4 million angler days...
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1993
Boxall, Peter C., Phillips, William E., Tanguay, Mark, Adamowicz, Wiktor, White, William
Maintaining the abundance of wildlife and the preservation of endangered species are serious concerns to the people of Saskatchewan. In the 1991 survey \"Importance of Wildlife to Canadians\" over 80% of Saskatchewan respondents stated that these two issues are important. This same survey also...
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1992
Novak, Frank, Melvin, Richard, Dailly, Sally, Bauer, Leonard
The objectives of this study were to measure returns and the variation in returns for hog finishers in Alberta. From this base, different strategies were assessed as to their ability to reduce the level of price risk faced by producers. The National Tripartite Stabilization Program was reviewed...
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An Econometric Analysis of the Relationship Between Alberta and United States Livestock Markets
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Novak, Frank, Unterschultz, Jim
This study uses Vector Autoregressions to investigate and measure the relationship between Alberta slaughter steer prices, United States - Canada exchange rates, Texas slaughter steer prices, nearby live cattle futures prices and live animal exports to the United States (in dollars). The general...
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1992
Novak, Frank, Armstrong, Glen W., Staples, Blaine, Bauer, Leonard
This project has examined after tax gross margin net present values accruing to Alberta wheat farmers under three fertilizer and crop rotation systems; a fixed rotation traditional fertilizer system, a static economic fertilizer decision system within a fixed rotation, and a static economic...
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Assessing Impacts of Environmental Change on Aboriginal People: An Economic Examination of Subsistence Resource Use and Value
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Haener, Michael, Boxall, Peter C., Dosman, Donna, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Marois, Juanita
The report describes the research design, data collection and preliminary analysis of an economic assessment on non-timber resource use by Aboriginal People in Northwest Saskatchewan. The project is designed to develop methods of valuing resource use by Aboriginal People so that these values can...
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1997
Adamowicz, Wiktor, Veeman, Michele M., Baggs, Jennifer, Royer, Sean, Veeman, Terry S., Viney, Bruce
The effective management of water resources in Alberta is crucial to sustainable agriculture, industrial development, and environmental management. The historical water allocation mechanism, administration apportionment, has been viewed in recent years as ineffective and cumbersome. Accordingly,...