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Three Essays On Price Analysis And International Trade, Wei Zhang
Three Essays On Price Analysis And International Trade, Wei Zhang
Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics
The first chapter of this dissertation examines price discovery and volatility spillovers in the coffee spot-futures commodity market over the post-ICA period by employing the PT-IS and bivariate EGARCH models. This research covers two actively traded coffee types, Arabica and Robusta, and utilizes daily time-series price data over 1990:01-2020:04 for Arabica and over 2008:01-2020:04 for Robusta. The empirical results indicate that coffee spot markets play a dominant role in the coffee price discovery for both Arabica and Robusta. The results also show volatility spillovers take place from the coffee spot market to the futures markets. This study helps small-scale coffee …
Two Essays On Food Environment, Nutrition, And Food Insecurity, Suliman Abdulaziz Almojel
Two Essays On Food Environment, Nutrition, And Food Insecurity, Suliman Abdulaziz Almojel
Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics
A healthy food environment is fundamental to good health. It contributes to the reduction of obesity and the development of healthy eating habits. In spite of this, many people in the United States (US) have been hypnotized to become obese due to the current food environment. Recently, the US has consistently ranked high in the world in terms of obesity. The rising rate is symptomatic of consuming unhealthy diets. Besides, the double-edged crisis of the US food environment and obesity poses a major threat to food security and public health. Therefore, studying the US food environment is important to sustain …