Anna Gunnthorsdottir A, Daniel Houser B, Kevin Mccabe, Holly Ameden
It is well known that property rights can privatize incentives for the provision of goods that provide public benefits. Unfortunately, it is often infeasible to implement a property rights system...
Public-private partnerships needed in horticultural research and development (2006)
Rausser, Gordon, Ameden, Holly
University-industry partnerships are proliferating in the United States, as public funding for high-level research continues to decline yet knowledge plays an increasingly important role in...
Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights (2004)
Zilberman, David, Ameden, Holly, Graff, Gregory, Qaim, Matin
This paper argues that current forms of agricultural biotechnology have significant potential for developing countries; the challenge is to realize this potential. We develop a conceptual model that...
Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights (2004)
Zilberman, David, Ameden, Holly, Graff, Gregory, Qaim, Matin
This paper argues that current forms of agricultural biotechnology have significant potential for developing countries; the challenge is to realize this potential. We develop a conceptual model that...
Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights (2004)
Zilberman, David, Ameden, Holly, Graff, Gregory, Qaim, Matin
This paper argues that current forms of agricultural biotechnology have significant potential for developing countries; the challenge is to realize this potential. We develop a conceptual model that...
Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights (2004)
Zilberman, David, Ameden, Holly, Graff, Gregory, Qaim, Matin
This paper argues that current forms of agricultural biotechnology have significant potential for developing countries; the challenge is to realize this potential. We develop a conceptual model that...
Public-private alliances in biotechnology: Can they narrow the knowledge gaps between rich and poor?
Disposition, History and Contributions in Public Goods Experiments
Anna Gunnthorsdottir, Daniel Houser, Kevin McCabe, Holly Ameden
Private incentives to invest in a public good are modeled as self- interested reciprocity where individuals use reputational scoring rules to determine their optimal level of investment. The model...
The impact of agricultural biotechnology on yields, risks, and biodiversity in low-income countries
David Zilberman, Holly Ameden, Matin Qaim
This paper shows that the current generation of transgenic crop varieties has significant potential to improve economic welfare in low-income countries. These varieties might increase crop yields in...
Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights
David Zilberman, Holly Ameden, Gregory Graff, Matin Qaim
This paper argues that current forms of agricultural biotechnology have significant potential for developing countries; the challenge is to realize this potential. We develop a conceptual model that...
Pests and Agricultural Production under Climate Change
Although the effect of climate change on agricultural pests has been studied by biologists, thus far, large-scale assessments of climate change and agriculture have not included the impact of pests....
Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights
David Zilberman, Holly Ameden, Gregory Graff, Matin Qaim
This paper argues that current forms of agricultural biotechnology have significant potential for developing countries; the challenge is to realize this potential. We develop a conceptual model that...