Intellectual property rights and the welfare effects of agricultural R&D

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1229-1242

  Moschini, Giancarlo ^a   Lapan, Harvey ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural innovations; Consumer surplus; Input markets; Patents; Producer surplus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MODELLING APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0031421766     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244280     Document Type: Article

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