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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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Economic Effects of Environmental Quality Change on Recreational Hunting in Northern Saskatchewan
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Boxall, Peter C., Morton, Karen, Adamowicz, Wiktor
This study was undertaken to provide some of the social values for the non-timber component of the Millar Western-NorSask Forest Management License Agreement. This study estimates the changes in the value of a recreational hunting experience as one, or a combination of several, of the following...
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Luckert, Martin K., Alavalapati, Janaki R.R., Adamowicz, Wiktor
The short-run dynamic impacts of macroeconomic variables on the Canadian pulp industry and the interactions among pulp sector variables are investigated using the vector autoregression (VAR) approach. In contrast to the findings of earlier studies, our results show that an increase in the value...
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Reflecting Productivity Losses due to Erosion in Physical and Financial Accounts for Agricultural Soils
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The paper describes an approach to estimating the long-term impact of soil erosion, and applies that approach to data from the Province of Alberta, Canada. This paper relies upon a soil classification system established in Canada, known as the Canada Land Inventory (CLI). It also employs...
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Williams, Michael, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Swait, Joffre, Boxall, Peter C., Louviere, Jordan J.
Contingent valuation (CV) has been employed by economists for approximately 30 years to value changes in natural resources and environments. Estimating the value of resource improvements or damages is analogous to the problem in marketing research of estimating the demand for new products or...
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In Search of Forest Resource Values of Aboriginal Peoples: The Applicability of Non-Market Valuation Techniques
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Adamowicz, Wiktor, Hatton MacDonald, Darla, Luckert, Martin K., Just, Lesley, Murray, Eloise C., Phillips, William E., Beckley, Thomas M.
The purpose of this paper is to present an interdisciplinary model and a process for considering the applicability of non-market valuation techniques to Aboriginal Peoples. These techniques are widely used in non-Aboriginal contexts as methods of providing information about preferences over...
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Solomonovich, M., Schilizzi, Steven, Freedman, H.I., Apedaile, L. Peter
The problem is to explore the possible coordinates and stability conditions for equilibria between agricultural wealth and industrial wealth generation and distribution processes. Instability of the equilibria may establish the possibility of moving along trajectories to preferred positions. The...
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Impacts of Recovery Rates and Terms of Trade on Strange Attractors and Predictability in Sustainable Agriculture
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Schilizzi, Steven, Apedaile, L. Peter, Freedman, H.I., Solomonovich, M.
Sustaining agricultural systems requires the ability to predict approaching extinction. Thus a suitable model needs to generate predictability as an intrinsic attribute. Such a model should provide several features for managers. It should incorporate learning about the minimum sustainable...
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Factors Constraining Women Farmers' Access to Agricultural Extension Services in Sierra Leone
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Murray, Eloise C., Matthews, Bennett, Gill, Dhara S., Manyeh, Marie A.
Women farmers in Africa traditionally have been involved in various aspects of farming while receiving little of the infrastructural support that male farmers enjoy. This study on access to agricultural extension services among the women of Sierra Leone illustrates the situation faced by women...
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Gender Issues in Natural Resource-Based Industries in Canada: An Analysis and Conceptual Framework
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Dosman, Donna, Murray, Eloise C.
The overall purpose for this paper is to present a composite view of what is known about women's participation in natural resource-based industries in Canada using existing sources. What are women's roles in these industries? What are the issues and options they face in their work environments?...