Three Essays on Energy Inputs, Technology, and Conservation Policy in Irrigated Agricultural Production
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Hrozencik, R. Aaron
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Suter, Jordan F.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Colorado State University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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140
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Body granting the degree
Colorado State University
Text preceding or following the note
2019
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation explores the role of energy inputs, irrigation technology, and conservation policy in irrigated agricultural production. In the first chapter, I utilize empirical and simulation modeling to understand the impact of non-linear energy pricing on groundwater use decisions in the Republican River Basin of Colorado. The second chapter empirically investigates how peer effects and resource availability influence a producer's choice to adopt a resource-conserving irrigation technology using data from the Trifa Plain of Morocco. The third chapter develops a hydroeconomic model which pairs groundwater demand with a physical model of resource dynamics to quantify how a groundwater conservation policy implemented within a subsection of the Republican River Basin of Colorado creates resource and input market spillovers.