David Castle and Kira KumagaiUniversity of OttawaCeline Berard and Martin CloutierUniversity of Québec at MontréalRichard GoldMcGill University Plant-derived vaccines may soon displace conventional vaccines. Assuming there are no major technological barriers undermining the feasibility of this innovative technology, it is worthwhile to…
Koen DillenAgricultural and Food Economics Section, Katholieke, Universiteit LeuvenMatty DemontAfrica Rice Center (WARDA)Eric TollensAgricultural and Food Economics Section, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Ex-post impact studies of genetically modified crops indicate that society is capturing sizeable gains in agricultural biotechnology. In Europe, in contrast,…
Rupa Karmarkar-Deshmukh and Carl E. PrayRutgers Universi It has been shown in recent years that high energy prices induce investments in energy research. $100/barrel oil, strategic concerns, concerns about global warming, and pork-barrel politics have also rekindled the enthusiasm of the public…
Michele G. CeddiaUniversity of Reading, UKManuel Goméz-Barbero and Emilio Rodríguez-CerezoEuropean Commission, DG JRC, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Cotton production in the European Union (EU) is limited to areas of Greece and Southern Spain (Andalusia). The 2004 reform of the EU cotton…
Harvey S. James, Jr. and Leonie A. MarksUniversity of Missouri During the late 1990s, negative events related to biotechnology were reported in the UK media. According to the trust asymmetry hypothesis, such events should cause public trust in biotechnology risk managers to…
Richard MilneUniversity College, London Plant-made pharmaceuticals represent the third generation of genetically modified crops as well as a potentially significant development in pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing. Successful development is contingent on a number of factors, one of which is social acceptance. This…
Bongsuk Sung and Homin JangKorea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology Based on survey data, this article investigates the effects of external political-economic forces on firms’ attitudes toward the industrial use of GMOs in the South Korean context by performing an ordered…
William Lin and Francis TuanUSDA Economic Research ServiceYingchun Dai, Funing Zhong, and Xi ChenNanjing Agricultural University This study analyzes whether biotech labeling has an impact on consumers’ purchasing behavior in China using vegetable oils in Nanjing as a case study. An Almost…
Richard K. Perrin and Lilyan E. FulginitiUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln Crop traits are durable when embedded in varieties, and thus they may be subject to Coase’s conjecture that monopolists who sell durables may be unable to earn normal monopoly rents, or in the…
Nicholas E. Piggott and Michele C. MarraNorth Carolina State University Generally, new production technologies are adopted because they will increase profits, mostly due to lower production costs ceteris paribus. In the case of the first-generation crop biotechnologies, however, additional factors play a…
