An option perspective on generating and maintaining plant variety rights in China

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-48

  Koo, Bonwoo ^a   Pardey, Philip G ^b   Qian, Keming ^c   Zhang, Yi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Crop improvement; Intellectual property rights; Option value; Seed markets

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; ECONOMIC POLICY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; SEED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33645759217     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2006.00137.x     Document Type: Review

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