Intellectual Property Rights and the Ascent of Proprietary Innovation in Agriculture

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2017, Pages 53-74

  Clancy, Matthew S ^a   Moschini, GianCarlo ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appropriability; Biotechnology; Innovation; Knowledge; Market power; Patents; Plant breeders' rights; Plant patents; R D; Trade secrets

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031088143     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-100516-053524     Document Type: Review

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