Dissertation
I graduated from the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics at UC Davis on April 24, 2008.
My advisers were Richard J. Sexton (Chair), Stephen R. Boucher, Richard E. Howitt and Stephan Kroll.
Dissertation: Zetland, David (2008). Conflict and Cooperation within an Organization: A Case Study of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California." PhD Dissertation, University of California, Davis (Agricultural & Resource Economics). Click here for the abstract (350 words) and full text (50,000 words, 176 pages). Chapter 5 is under review for a book.
Grad School Stuff
LaTeX information
Events in Davis:
Basketball (grads vs. faculty) -- Grads lost 39 - 33 or something horrible...
Softball (grads vs. faculty) -- Grads lost 32 - 14 or something horrible...
Bought a BWM 635CSi -- 20 years and 200,000 miles old :)
New woodworking project -- the Adirondack Chair
Sam Cup 2007 (ARE wins again!)
Profs vs. Students in Football (Feb 2, 2007)
Sam Cup 2005 (ARE beat ECN for the first time in 8 years!)
Aslihan had her birthday (3^3 <> 33!) on Feb 27, 2005.
Willard W. Cochrane, a 90-year-old Professor Emeritus, reveals the Future of Agricultural Economics.
I got Taz. He was born about September 2004.
On Sept 10, 2004, I threw a party thanking the gods for passing prelims.