South-north trade, intellectual property jurisdictions, and freedom to operate in agricultural research on staple crops

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 309-335

  Binenbaum, Eran ^a   Nottenburg, Carol ^b   Pardey, Philip G ^c   Wright, Brian D ^d   Zambrano, Patricia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Cambia   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; INVESTMENT; PATENT; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0037741888     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346177     Document Type: Article

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