ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to take this opportunity to thank my Mother who has been most supportive and has been my source of inspiration whenever I needed direction. I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Iyengar for his invaluable guidance throughout my Ph.D. studies at LSU. I learnt the importance of honesty, integrity, creativity, critical-thinking, and hard work as a researcher throug...

soil salinity is one of the problems threatening agricultural lands. parts of this phenomenon are related to geologic formations and saltpans, while some major factors are resulted from irrelevant agricultural activities, issue of irrigation, and improper cultivation systems which lead to increase in soil salinity. to avoid such consequences that would end up with ecosystem degradation, suitabl...

During Sangam period there were land lords who holds the rank next to Vendars. These pay tax Vendars and they themselves participated in politics served as army chiefs times of war. Minor parts lands owned by Chera, Chola Pandyas ruled these opposed them kept areas under their control. Land like Kosar came fromm northern part Tamilnadu. This kind sociological approach has greatly contributed so...

This paper investigates the performance implications of firms’ vertical integration decisions. Our setting is the U.S. airline industry. Major airlines subcontract service on low-density short and medium-haul routes to regional airlines. These regional partners are either owned by the major airline or are independently owned and contract with one or more major airlines. Earlier work (Forbes and...

Throughout the 20th century, many countries created national parks, forests, nature reserves, and sanctuaries to provide benefits that are underproduced on private lands . Private lands are now especially valuable for providing ecological services that publi c lands cannot provide, due to the increasing demands for all uses and the political and economic conflicts associated with allocating pub...