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Snowmobiling In Utah: An Analysis Of Consumer Characteristics, Site Quality, And Carrying Capacity, Richard A. Haws

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A consumer characteristic profile of the snowmobile owners in Utah was compiled and compared to the general population in Utah and the United States. Other statistics were compiled which included user preferences of snowmobiling sites and machine characteristics.

Data were collected by a mail survey of snowmobilers during the 1974-75 snowmobiling season. Approximately 315 questionnaires were analyzed. Additional data were collected from the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation.

Total economic rent values were estimated for 58 sites in Utah. These values were then separated into location and quality values. This was done by reallocating trips to sites by means …

An Economic Appraisal Of Reuse Concepts In Regional Water Supply Planning, Rangesan Narayanan

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Using a conceptual model of a water supply firm, the necessary conditions for production and market efficiency are derived when renovated wastewater is considered as a potential water resource. The nature and extent of the supply augmentation due to recycled reuse is demonstrated using classical optimization techniques. Three stages of short-run supply corresponding to no recycling, partial recycled reuse and complete recycling of all reclaimable water are identified through appropriate Lagrangian Multipliers as well as graphical techniques.

A mathematical programming model is structured to determine the optimal water resource allocation and pricing policy for Salt Lake County. By maximizing the …

A Dynamic Economy With Shares, Fiat, Bank And Accounting Money, Joseph J.M. Evers, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

A Closed Economic System With Production And Exchange Modelled As A Game Of Strategy, Pradeep Dubey, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

A Decision Theory Approach To A Resource Management System In Corn Production, James L. Anderson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The major purpose of this study is to make additional information available to the farm manager through the use of decision theory. This will enable him to improve the decision-making process relating to corn production. The goal is to use the resources at his disposal more efficiently and profitably. This study is primarily concerned with factors that influence planting date and corn variety selection. Within the framework of decision theory analysis, a priori and posteriori probabilities are employed to calculate the losses that may occur to corn crops in the Cache Valley area of Utah because of harmful spring frosts …

Economic Analysis Of Dairying In Gunnison Valley, Utah, Craig L. Mangus

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this paper was to measure factors that affected the profitability of dairy operations in Gunnison Valley, Utah. Special attention was paid to economies of size, return on dairy capital and benefits accruing to the owners of dairies in the valley . Also, within the scope of this study was the subject of economic development and its accompanying impacts on an economy.

A census of the dairy operations in Gunnison Valley was conducted to acquire data on dairy capital owned, cow numbers and quantities of milk produced and returns to the owners of dairies of both a monetary …

The Impact Of Oil Shale Development On The Uintah School District, Dominica Onyesonam Alozie

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The aim of this study is to estimate the future school enrollment in the Uintah School District that results from oil shale development. Future need for classrooms and teachers is also projected, and costs to the school district for providing this need are estimated.

Yearly revenue from the oil shale plant and from new residential buildings due to the plant is also estimated. The annual costs and revenues are compared and it is observed that the costs exceed the revenue during the first five years. The deficit can be reduced, however, if stagger sessions are used to provide needed classrooms …

The Supply Of National Park Products: A Theoretical And Applied Analysis, Judith Carol Houston

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The central objective of the investigation in this study is to determine a means of attaining an economically efficient combination of resources to maximize the level of services provided by a national park under the conditions of a limited budget, a constrained production possibilities set, and a limited availability of inputs. First, a theoretical model is built which elucidates the collective and private good natures of national park products. The theory identifies the optimality criteria for the provision of park products in a system of limited resources. It is noted, however, that the theoretically determined optimal solution cannot be expected …

An Industrial Training Approach To A National Manpower Development Effort: A Proposal, Leonisa M. Cuayo

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The objective of this thesis is to propose an approach or a process by which a national industrial training system can be instituted for the Philippines; and specifying the role which the National Manpower and Youth Council should play in the undertaking. The thesis outlines some of the general features of the manpower development systems in several selected countries, followed by an outline of the Philippine manpower development system, and the environment in which the Industrial training system in the Philippines would operate. The existing organization of the National Manpower and Youth Council is described and a plan of action …

The Impact Of The Prototype Oil Shale Development On Agricultural And Municipal Water Supplies In The Uintah Basin, Roger Orson Tew

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In this paper the institutional factors affecting water distribution in the Upper Colorado River Basin in general and the Uintah Basin are presented. The historical development of the appropriation doctrine of water allocation is outlined and Utah water policy is examined. These institutional factors are analyzed in light of the prototype oil shale development in the Uintah Basin and potential impact on the area's agricultural sector. Oil shale water estimates are compared with Uintah Basin water availability and examined with regard to population projections and municipal water use. Lastly, Utah water policy and the appropriation doctrine are viewed as restraints …

Defining Efficient Water Resource Management In The Weber Drainage Basin, Utah, Keith D. Wilde

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District is a state institution, but its primary function is collecting money for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, to pay for the Weber Basin Project. Different classes of water users pay markedly different fees for identical Project services. More than half of the water developed by the Project is not used consumptively, yet supply facilities continue to be built in the Basin because they are less expensive to their owners than prices charged for the underused capacity of the Project. Paradoxically, some Basin residents are bitterly resentful of both the District and the Bureau, claiming …

Palm Oil! Palm Oil! Palm Oil!, Arthur B. Sogn

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

The New Farm Definitions And Census Years, Robert J. Antonides

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Agricultural Districts - The New York Experiment In Agricultural Land Preservation, Galen Kelsey

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Trendline, Draft Article, April 5, 1976, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Prepared for Trendline, a monthly report from the Economic and Financial Advisory Service of Mark Twain Bancshares, Inc., St. Louis, Mo.

The Potential For Reducing Inflationary Pressures By Reforming Government Regulation, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This paper suggests that if government offers proper incentives instead of increasing regulation, business and individuals would be more liable to alter their economic behavior in a way that is more beneficial to society as a whole.

A Model Of The World Economy, Ray C. Fair

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Concentration In The Petroleum Industry, Billy J. Leach

Graduate Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Outline 20th Century Fund Book, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Outline: 20th Century Fund Book (Stabilizing an Unstable Economy: A Twentieth Century Fund Report. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1986). March 31, 1976.

Minimum Wages, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

No abstract provided.

Partnerships And Corporations In Family Farming, Russell L. Berry

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Aggregate Versus Subaggregate Models In Local Area Forecasting, D. M. Dunn, William (Bill) H. Williams, T. L. Dechaine

Publications and Research

Should statistical forecasts be constructed by aggregating data to each level for which forecasts are required or aggregating the forecasts from the lower levels? The relevant literature suggest no general answer. In this study using actual data, forecasts aggregated form lower-level forecasts were found best.

Elderly Population Of Connecticut: 1970, The, Kenneth Hadden, William Clark, Douglas Crockett

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Asset Markets And The Cost Of Capital, James Tobin, William C. Brainard

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Can Christians Accept Capitalism?, Evert Van Der Heide

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

A Short-Run Two-Commodity Macroeconomic Model, Gary Smith, William Starnes

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

The Linear Exchange Model And Induced Welfare Optima, Rolf R. Mantel

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Food Prices, Farm Prices, And Marketing Margins, Robert J. Antonides

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

The Salt Of Public Enterprise., Derek Shearer

Derek Shearer

Examines the basic flaws in the American economy. Need to look beyond economics to political economy; Economists' opinion that inflation could be decreased if productivity were to rise faster than prices; Need to increase competition; Democratic economy's need to increase free choice.

The Consumer Price Index - The Past, Future And - For 1975, Robert J. Antonides

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.