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    • Essays on Environmental and Health Economics 

      Zhai, Muxin
      This dissertation examines the linkages between public policy, environment and human health. The first chapter evaluates the environmental impact of the world’s largest Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in London. The second chapter ...
    • Essays on Fish Processors and Catch Shares 

      Guldin, Marie V.
      This dissertation studies the potential effects of catch shares on land-based fish processors with a focus on the shoreside Pacific whiting fishery, the first U.S. fishery in which a portion of harvesting quota was allocated ...
    • The Impact of Roads on Agglomeration 

      Dodson, Thor
      This dissertation contains three essays on the impact of roads on agglomeration. In the firstessay, I show the US Interstate Highway System had a significant impact on the agglomeration and dispersal of different industries ...
    • Three Essays in Fisheries Economics 

      Chen, Yeuan Allen
      The first chapter of this dissertation examines how the sample of catches used by researchers to construct catch expectations proxies is selected by the fisher. We suggest a full information maximum likelihood procedure ...