Ce rapport examine la bibliographie sur le rôle que joue la recherche-développement en agriculture en matière d’encouragement de l’innovation et de la productivité dans le secteur agricole. Cet examen cherche à clarifier les concepts et la terminologie utilisés dans le domaine, à...

Commodity levies are used increasingly to fund producer collective goods such as research and promotion. In the present paper we examine theoretical relationships between producer and national benefits from levy‐funded research, and consider the implications for the appropriate rates of...

A common observation is that measures of productivity growth are pro-cyclical, meaning they are higher (or grow faster) on average during periods of economic expansion than during periods of economic contraction. This study focuses on measurement errors related to capital inputs as an...

This study compares two panel data sets that measure capital input at the state-level in U.S. agriculture. Despite a number of similarities between the data sets, such as the composition of assets, aggregation procedures, and time frame, an examination of the final estimates of capital service...