The evolving institutional structure of public and private agricultural research

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 862-883

  Fuglie, Keith O ^a   Toole, Andrew A ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural Biotechnology; Agricultural Input Industries; Complementarity; CRADA; Institutional Change; Pasteur's Quadrant; Patent Licensing; Public private Technology Transfer; Research Consortia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPLEMENTARITY; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLICY REFORM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903791497     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat107     Document Type: Article

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