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The effect of algorithmic trading on agricultural commodities market quality
(2020)
The growing use of algorithms has significantly changed trading. These changes have
been subjected to an ongoing debate in the finance literature. Some studies have found that algorithmic trading (AT) has a positive effect ...
Crop Yield Estimation Using NDVI: A Comparison of Various NDVI Metrics
(2021-03)
The objective of this study is to examine and compare multiple Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) metrics for estimating crop yield. There are several terms used to describe NDVI metrics including: process ...
Analysis of Incentives for Grassland Conversion and Retention in the United State Prairie Pothole Region
(2014-09-18)
Over the last century, much of the United State prairie pothole region has been converted to cultivated cropland. Concerns have been raised on government subsidized crop insurance effect on grassland to cropland conversion ...
Welfare changes in the Paraguayan Beef Supply Chain
(2013-09-23)
The unprecedented beef export growth observed in Paraguay during recent years generated
a new marketing environment in its livestock sector. While changes in beef marketed along
the supply chain are well-known, no efforts ...
Analyzing value at risk and expected shortfall methods: the use of parametric, non-parametric, and semi-parametric models
(2014-08-25)
Value at Risk (VaR) and Expected Shortfall (ES) are methods often used to measure market risk. Inaccurate and unreliable Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall models can lead to underestimation of the market risk that a ...
The effects of untying Canadian food aid on the price sensitivity of commodity procurement decisions
(2017)
Ninety percent of Canadian food aid donations were tied to domestic procurement sources until 2005. Procurement restrictions were reduced to 50% in 2005 and were eliminated in 2008. Implementing agencies are now free to ...
Do Canadians care about dairy animal welfare? Exploring consumer perceptions and preferences
(2014-08-21)
Research on consumer perceptions towards dairy animal welfare is lacking in Canada. Though consumers are aware of animal welfare issues in other animal industries, the dairy industry remains largely ignored. This thesis ...
Short of time or short of money? - A two constraint demand system on Canadian food consumption
(2014-08-25)
This research develops a food demand system model based on the Linear Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS). The major contribution of this research is that the opportunity cost of time on food cooking/cleaning up is modeled ...
Developing market sentiment indicators for commodity price forecasting using machine learning
(2017)
The objective of this study is to develop a market sentiment model for financial markets using machine learning, and to illustrate these methods using commodity price data. A market sentiment model may capture the fundamental ...
Examining quota values with consideration for risk
(2016)
The objective of this thesis was to determine the effect of income volatility risk on quota values in the Canadian dairy industry. A quota valuation model was developed to explain the relationship between quota value and ...