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We develop a new partial equilibrium, four-region world trade model for the soybean complex comprising soybeans, soybean oil, and soybean meal. In the model, some consumers view genetically modified Roundup Ready (RR) soybeans and products as weakly inferior to conventional ones; the RR seed is...
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This paper develops an empirical framework for estimating a number of inter-firm and downstream research spillovers in the canola crop research industry. The spillovers include basic research, human capital/ knowledge (as measured through other-firm expenditures), and genetics (as measured...
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Advancement in biotechnology requires continued innovative activity by firms. To grow, biotechnology firms must … development of policies promoting one's biotechnology sector. This study explores factors which determine innovative activity … within the Canadian biotechnology industry. Innovative activity is measured as the natural log of the number of products …
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There is a growing body of literature on the safe use of biotechnology and the need for an international biosafety … protocol and national regulations to facilitate the safe development and transfer of biotechnology. Most of these studies … biotechnology, with special emphasis on implications for developing countries who are under increasing pressure to put a biosafety …
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Despite the clear influence of European Union biotechnology restrictions on trade patterns, very little work has been … biotechnology, biotechnology research and development (R&D), and biotechnology regulation. The model analyzes the impact of European … Union consumer preferences on production and consumption of biotechnology products, the level and national origin of …
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This paper develops a model of heterogeneous producers to examine theeconomic causes of IPR infringement and its consequences for the welfare of the interestgroups and the pricing and adoption of a new technology (i.e., a genetically modifiedseed) in the context of a small open developing...
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The impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on the poor in developing countries is still the subject of controversy. While previous studies have examined direct productivity effects of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton and other GM crops, little is known about wider socioeconomic outcomes. We...
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biotechnology-based innovations – with the European Union temporarily suspending approvals and imports until it could devise a new … investment. Biotechnology innovations continue to be approved. The potential for contamination of traded non-GM products has …
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Despite the clear influence of European Union biotechnology restrictions on trade patterns, very little work has been … biotechnology, biotechnology research and development (R&D), and biotechnology regulation. The model analyzes the impact of European … Union consumer preferences on production and consumption of biotechnology products, the level and national origin of …
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The current debate over resistance management plans mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency for transgenic crops ignores management practices that are complementary to refuge schemes. A dynamic production model is developed that measures the costs and benefits of crop rotation and...
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