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The Entrepreneur's Choice of Location: Evidence from the Life Sciences
Kolympiris, Christos; Klein, Peter G.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
Why do biotech firms cluster? New and established firms in biotech clusters are said to capitalize on knowledge spillovers, labor-market pooling, and other externalities. Some have even argued that such spillovers are so strong that the cluster itself, rather than the individual, is the locus of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038943
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND GROWTH: AN OVERVIEW FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE NEW GROWTH THEORY
Roe, Terry L.; Mohtadi, Hamid - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999
The role of international trade in the new growth theory is investigated from several perspectives. Following a historical outline and a brief analytical sketch of the R&D based models, the results from fitting three structural models to data are presented. Results show the relative impacts on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005338161
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Rates of Return to Public Agricultural Research in 48 U.S. States
Plastina, Alejandro S.; Fulginiti, Lilyan E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
The present study provides a quantitative assessment of the benefits from public agricultural research and development (R&D) for each continental state of the U.S. for 1949-1991, explicitly acknowledging for spillover effects. The novelty of this study resides in the use of spatial econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005327203
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CAUSALITY BETWEEN TFP, R&D AND PRICES: UNCONDITIONAL AND CONDITIONAL LINEAR FEEDBACK
Shaik, Saleem - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999
This paper estimates the unconditional and conditional linear dependence between exogenous supply (R&D), endogenous demand (prices) and TFP based on the linear feedback method. Unit root tests are performed for Nebraska agriculture sector data spread over 1936-94 time period. Results indicate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005338136
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Industry-Science Connections in Agriculture: Do public science collaborations and knowledge flows contribute to firm-level agricultural research productivity?
Toole, Andrew A.; King, John L. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Prior research identifies a direct positive link between the stock of public scientific knowledge and agricultural productivity; however, an indirect contribution to agricultural productivity is also possible when this stock facilitates private sector invention. This study examines how...
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Endogenous R&D Investment and Market Structure: A Case Study of the Agricultural Biotechnology Industry
Anderson, Benjamin; Sheldon, Ian M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Over the past three decades, the agricultural biotechnology sector has been characterized by rapid innovation, market consolidation, and a more exhaustive definition of property rights. The industry attributes consistently identified by the literature and important to this analysis include: (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009145129
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Is Investment in Agricultural Research a Good Substitute for Price Support in U.S. Cotton?
Pan, Suwen; Wang, Changgang; Hudson, Darren - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
This article examines the effects of R&D on cotton yield and relationship between R&D and commodity support programs. The results indicate that yield elasticities with respect to cotton R&D is around 0.2-0.5 based on different regions. It further indicates that R&D increases government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020476
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Protection of Intellectual Property while Outsourcing
Sen Gupta, Rajorshi; Love, H. Alan - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Food and Beverage companies need to share their Intellectual Property (IP) when they outsource production and/or R&D to contract agents. IP sharing can facilitate misappropriation and the contractor may eventually start competing with the client. We design an incentive compatible contract that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021089
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Economic Growth under Globalization: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis
Zhuang, Renan; Koo, Won W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2007
It has been controversial among economists about the impacts of globalization on growth, and the debate over the issue … production theory to investigate the effects of globalization on economic growth. The estimation results strongly suggest that … economic globalization has a significant positive effect on economic growth for all countries. However, China and India would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005803198
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The Environmental Consequences of Globalization: A Country-Specific Time-Series Analysis
Baek, Jungho; Cho, Yongsung; Koo, Won W. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2008
The dynamic relationships among trade, income and the environment for developed and developing countries are examined using a cointegration analysis. Results suggest that trade and income growth tend to increase environmental quality in developed countries, whereas they have detrimental effects...
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