This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Economics. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Missed Opportunities to Vaccinate Teens Against Human Papillomavirus: Variation and Mechanisms Between Public and Private Facilities, Patrick E. Boise

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COMPETITION FOR PERSONNEL: A BARRIER TO PRESCRIBED BURNING IN THE SAN JUAN NATIONAL FOREST, Trevor Finney

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CARBON LEAKAGE: EVIDENCE FROM FRENCH TRADE DATA, Jared Gibbs

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Subjective Well-Being and Intergenerational Mobility in South Africa, Alison J. Monroe

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Pharmacy-Based Immunization Laws and Adolescent Well-Child Checkup Tradeoffs: Results from the NIS-Teen 2019, Teigan Avery

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Are Risk Attitudes and Rainfall Variability Determinants of Diversification? Evidence from Rondonia, Brazil, Brenna Swinger

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Protecting Life and Lung: Protected Areas Affect Fine Particulate Matter and Respiratory Hospitalizations in the Brazilian Amazon Biome., Derek Michael Sheehan

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The Influence of Wildland Urban Interface Areas on Resource Assignments to Large Wildland Fires, Kurt Swimley

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Drug Policy: The Effect of Medical Marijuana on Opioid Consumption During the US Opioid Epidemic, Jonathon David Knudson

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Adoption of Pasture Management Practices in Rondônia, Brazil: Social Media as an Informational Influence, Cassandra Sevigny

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Threats of Economic Sanctions and the Duration of Civil War, Jared August Halvorson

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MODELING AND FORECASTING GLACIER NATIONAL PARK VISITATION, Michael James Kernan

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Does Meeting Expectations of Relative Income Improve Well-Being?, Justin Tyler Stevens

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMMUTING HABITS AND MORTALITY RATES IN THE UNITED STATES, Samuel Earl Supplee-Niederman

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Recreational Marijuana and Traffic Fatalities: Sensationalism or New Safety Concern, Dylan Cole

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Wildfire Risk Perception and Homeowner Mitigation: Evidence from Montana, Madison G. Nagle

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Natural Amenities and Rural Development: A Multilevel Analysis of Regional Trends and Local Patterns, Dawson Reisig

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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The Role of Behavior in the Effectiveness of Indoor Air Pollution Interventions: Results from the ARTIS Study, Madison J. Cole

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Impact of local government revenue and spending during oil and gas booms in the Rocky Mountain States, Tina Cummins

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How Does the Million Baht Village Fund Impact Fertility in Thailand?, Kaci Felstet

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An Investigation Into the Relative Importance of Civil Institutions on Subjective Well-Being, Samuel Fleming

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DO THE IMPACTS OF NATURAL AMENITIES ON POPULATION CHANGE DIFFER IN NEW WEST VERSUS OLD WEST PLACES?, Shefije Miftari

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An Outlay Equivalence Analysis of South African Households, Samuel Peevey

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Empowerment and Subjective and Emotional Well-being in South Africa, Erik Kappelman

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Environmental Shocks, Differentiated Households and Migration: A Study in Thailand, Neil Marie Bennett

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Why Do Countries Cooperate? The Effect of Cross-Border Pollution, Eric D. Johnson

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DO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY?, Yoonsoo Nam

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Economic and Policy Factors Driving the Adoption of Institutional Woody Biomass Heating Systems in the United States, Jesse D. Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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REFORESTATION IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON: POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE REFORESTATION, Christopher Bryant Bradley

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An Alloy of Steel and Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Does It Facilitate Trade?, Volodymyr Shemayev

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Safety in Numbers? The Effect of Increasing Numbers of Bicycle Commuters on Bicycle-Automobile Collisions, Luke Anderson

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INTERGENERATIONAL EARNINGS CORRELATIONS IN INDONESIA, Eric Dale

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Market Power and Regulatory Failure in the Montana Wholesale Electricity Market, Ross Patrick Keogh

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Are Perceptions Reality? A Look at Subjective Well-Being in East Timor, Emily Klungtvedt

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An Exploration into the Economic Impact of the Wild and Scenic River Designation: A Quasi-Experimental Approach, Gunnar Malm

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Subjective Well-Being and Relative Income in Timor-Leste, Dmitri MurfinSimmons

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Mean and Volatility Spillovers in Emission Allowance and Fuel Returns, Patrick Nicholson

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The Economic Impacts of Wolves on Calf Production on Western Montana Cattle Ranches Beyond Direct Depredation, Joseph Ramler

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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DO CASH TRANSFERS IMPACT MIGRATION? A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF PROCAMPO AND PROGRESA ON SHORT-TERM MIGRATION IN MEXICO, Rosemary Jan Moore

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A COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF FAST PYROLYSIS PLANTS IN SOUTHWEST OREGON, Colin Brink Sorenson

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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THE EFFECTS OF FEDERAL LAND ON RURAL POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND INCOME IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST, Stephen Michael Cleverdon

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DECOMPOSING THE INCREASE IN REPORTED LEVELS OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING IN SOUTH AFRICA FROM 1993 TO 1998, Benjamin Fitch-Fleischmann

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Impact of AIDS Education on Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors, Anna MacKenzie Iverson

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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UNTAPPED RESOURCES: HOW UNDERDEVELOPED GENDER EMPOWERMENT CONSTRAINS THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN BANGLADESH, Taylor Michelle Cook

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Inequality and Civic Participation in the Rocky Mountain West: Missoula, MT, Benjamin C. Harris

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Homeowner Views on Housing Market Valuation of Energy Efficiency: An Empirical Investigation, Caleb David Lande

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EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF WILDERNESS ON POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN THE ELEVEN WESTERN STATES, Matthew Larson Silbaugh

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The Effects of Fiscal Decentralization on Health and Education Spending and Outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopia, Brian Philip Vander Naald

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Evaluating the fiscal-inflation interaction as an argument for fiscal rules in the European Economic and Monetary Union, Joseph P. Broach

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Household income and residential demand for Internet service, Kendal H. Ferguson

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Empirical analysis of an augmented Becker model of criminal behavior, Andrew W. Pryor

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Value of open space attributes in Jamestown Rhode Island: An application of the choice experiment, Abigail W. Anthony

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An Analysis of Small Diameter Forest Biomass Availability and Removal Costs in Ravalli County Montana, Dan R. Loeffler

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Household subjective well-being in South Africa, Brandon Fuller

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Finding Missoula residents' willingness-to-pay for a public transportation system, Kelsey M. Keene

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Direct valuation of a community's amenities, Sean M. Murphy

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Study of willingness to pay for a curbside recycling program in the city of Missoula, Ivan (Jon) Aliri

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The United States' Earned Income Tax Credit and Canada's Child Tax Benefit: Have they proven to be effective anti-child poverty tools?, Nathalie J. Côté

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An economic analysis of transportation and congestion in Yosemite Valley, Robert B. Ferguson

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Comparison of the utilization rates of production inputs and output levels at for-profit non-profit and government operated nursing homes in Montana from 1992-1998, Jon A. Chesbro

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Financial cost-benefit analysis of a health promotion program for individuals with mobility impairments, Catherine Ipsen

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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A logit analysis of abortion timing, Susan R. Holmberg

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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The effects of public infrastructure development on regional economic development in China, Chin Kok Kam

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Analysis of movement in real and relative wages in the Pacific Northwest from 1977 to 1993, Neil R. Templeton

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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An Analysis of the Sensitivity of a Regional Travel Cost Model to Variations in the Specification of Origin Zones, Timothy W. Bryggman

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Evaluation of the multiplier used in the National Park Service's Money Generation Model, Brian Morgan

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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PMb10 pollution and the consumption of physician services in Missoula County Montana, Michelle J. Gall

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An Analysis of ambulatory pediatric Medicaid costs in Montana: A cost function approach, Krista Gebert

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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Value of open space in Missoula County, Montana| An economic study using contingent valuation, Mike Kadas

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Developing an aggregate measure of value for nonmarket leisure time through an open-ended contingent valuation method survey, Eric C. Schuck

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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Physiocracy: A viewpoint of the role of agricultural production in a macroeconomic system, Ronald A. de Yong

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Study in cointegration: U.S. stock prices foreign exchange rates and the efficient market hypothesis, William Joseph McCormick

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Logit analysis of Montana firm survival during a recessionary period, Kimberly A. Stenberg

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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Box-Cox transformations of a travel-cost demand function for stream fishing in Montana, Joseph M. Holliman

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Volunteer Fire Organizations and Volunteer Firefighters: An Economic Perspective and Valuation for the State of Montana, John Ehren Pilsworth

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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A Montana-Wyoming coal severance tax duopoly model, John Tubbs

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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Direct estimation of household production functions, Matthew S. Swenson

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Economic base model : alternative methods of analysis and their application to rural areas using covered wages and salaries, James T. Sylvester

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

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The economic value of instream flows for recreation: A contingent valuation approach, Susan M. Butkay

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Benefit-cost analysis of the redevelopment of Missoula's central business district, Ann K. Leamon

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Economic value of instream flows in Montana: A travel cost model approach, Christopher J. Neher

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Quantitative analysis of sold and unsold Forest Service timber offerings in Region 1, Michael J. Niccolucci

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The Fiscal costs of local economic growth for Montana county governments, Raymond Bruce Schwartz

Theses/Dissertations from 1987

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Lost U.S. aluminum competitiveness 1978-1986 : an import demand study, Jim Corr

Theses/Dissertations from 1985

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Differences in empirically measured compensating and equivalent variation measures of consumer's surplus: A case study, John D. Hines

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Oil and gas leasing in Montana : an in-depth look at the process, James F. Hyde

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Residential fuelwood consumption in the Missoula Montana urban area 1984-2000, William G. Johnson

Theses/Dissertations from 1983

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Wholesale price - retail price relationships : an aspect of price fixing in a retail gasoline market, Mark J. Vasconi

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Probabilistic qualitative response estimation of the spatial market for Powder River Basin coal, Henry Y. Yoshimura

Theses/Dissertations from 1982

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Electric utility market for northern Great Plains' coal, Michael H. Lee

Theses/Dissertations from 1979

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Evaluation of the impacts of Public Law 81-874 aid on financial equalization of public schools in Montana, Curtis M. Nichols

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Ambient sulfur dioxide pollution in Montana: An economic analysis of alternative standards, Theodore Patrick Otis

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Education and fertility: The case of Nepal, Shyam P. Thapa

Theses/Dissertations from 1978

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Quantification of motorboat fuel use in Montana, Gregg Emery Davis

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Internal migration in Nepal, Kiran K. Sharma

Theses/Dissertations from 1977

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Cost savings resulting from consolidation of Missoula city and county governments, Alan B. Davis

Theses/Dissertations from 1975

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Determinants of public school financing in Montana, Steven Carl Barkley

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Cost-effectiveness study of Montana secondary education, Bruce L. Benson

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Central places of southeastern Montana, John Reed Woerner

Theses/Dissertations from 1974

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The Economic role of education in the United States a survey of the literature, William Floyd Long