The objective of this paper is to present econometric evidence of the effects of economic incentives and institutions on national aggregate private agricultural R&D investments. An econometric model of national aggregate annual private R&D investment is specified and fitted to panel data...

The main objective of the paper is to examine and discuss the nature of technological relationships across agrifood sectors in order to understand better the pattern of technological changes in the Food and Beverage sector. We propose a new estimator to confirm the existence of linkages between...

This paper analyses the determinant of the sales the seed varieties sold the French corn market. The analysis is based on a model of differentiated product. The results show that the effect of the yield estimated by the extension services is positive and significant.

The main objective of this paper is to explain the effects of income inequality on growth, when the environment is an important social and economic issue. A model is presented in which the effects of fiscal policy on CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> emissions, employment, income distribution and economic growth are tested...</small></sub>

This article discusses the relationship between fiscal and monetary policies, considering different cases: government budget constraint and the wealth effect, determining the corresponding multipliers. The value of these multipliers will denote the effectiveness of fiscal policy. The article...

We explore whether current innovation has an enduring effect on future innovative activity in large, global food and beverage (F&B) companies. We analyze a sample of 16,698 patents granted in the United States over the period 1977 to 1994 to 103 F&B firms selected from the world's largest F&B...

With a sample of nearly 18,611 utility patents, this paper studies the technology mix of 90 of the world's leading food and beverage multinationals (FBMs) over 1969-1994. It explores the statistical association between patenting in food technology and in non-food technological fields. Food...

Las multinacionales agroalimentarias son las principales innovadoras del sector agroalimentario mundial y agentes económicos fundamentales del cambio tecnológico en el sector agroalimentario español. El estudio del comportamiento innovador de las multinacionales agroalimentarias presenta...

The objective of this paper is to present econometric evidence of the effects of economic incentives, public policies, and institutions on national aggregate private agricultural R&D investments. The main hypothesis we will test in this paper is whether agricultural R&D spillovers represent a...