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Complete Publications

Science Policy and Indicators
Productivity Measurement and Analysis
Economic Evaluation of R&D
Agricultural Genetic Resources
Innovation and Intellectual Property in the Biosciences

Science Policy and Indicators

2009

J.M. Alston, J.M. Beddow and P.G. Pardey
“Mendel Versus Malthus: Research, Productivity and Food Prices in the Long Run.”
University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P09-1 /InSTePP Paper 09-01 (January 2009 -- revised September 2009)

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M.A. Andersen, J.M. Alston and P.G. Pardey
“Capital Service Flows: Concepts and Comparisons of Alternative Measures in U.S. Agriculture.”
University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P09-01 /InSTePP Paper 09-03 (May 2009)

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A.O. Krueger
“What the Industrial Countries Can Do To Support Developing Countries' Development Goals.”
University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P09-4 /InSTePP Paper 09-02 (February 2009)

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2008

J.M. Alston, P.G. Pardey, and V.W. Ruttan
“Resaerch Lags Revisted: Concepts and Evidence from U.S. Agriculture.”
University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P08-14 /InSTePP Paper 08-02 (December 2008)

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P.G. Pardey, P.G., J.M. Alston and J.S. James
“Agricultural R&D Policy: A Tragedy of the International Commons.”
University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P08-01 /InSTePP Paper 08-01 (September 2008)

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Amy Damon and Paul Glewwe
Should Governments Subsidize Tuition At Public Universities?: Assessing the Benefits of Tuition Subsidies Provided by the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.
March 2008

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2007

Pardey, Philip G., Julian Alston, Jenni James, Paul Glewwe, Eran Binenbaum, Terry Hurley, and Stanley Wood
Science, Technology and Skills.
October 2007

Philip G. Pardey, Steven Dehmer, and Jason Beddow
Long Gone Lake Wobegon?: The State of Investments in University of Minnesota Research.
May 2007
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Alston, J.M., and P.G. Pardey
“Public Funding for Research into Specialty Crops.”
University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P07-09 /InSTePP Paper 07-03 (May 2007)

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Andersen M.A., J.M. Alston, and P.G. Pardey
“Capital Use Intensity and Productivity Biases.”
University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P07-06 /InSTePP Paper 07-02 (April 2007)

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R.R. Nelson
“What Makes an Economy Productive and Progressive? What are the Needed Institutions?.”
University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Paper Series Staff Paper P07-01/InSTePP Paper 07-01 (January 2007)

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Just, R.E., J.M. Alston, and D. Zilberman (eds).
Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology Economics and Policy.
Springer-Verlag publishers, 2007.
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2006

Pardey, P.G., J.M. Alston, and R.R. Piggott, eds.
Agricultural R&D in the Developing World: Too Little, Too Late?
Washington D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute. 2006.
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Arbit, H.M. and M.S. Paller.
"A Program to provide regulatory support for investigator-initiated clinical research."
Academic Med (in press; Feb 2006).
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Bradford, K.J., J.M. Alston, and N. Kalaitzandonakes.
"Regulation of Biotechnology for Horticultural Crops."
Chapter 29 of R.E. Just, J.M. Alston, and D. Zilberman (eds). The Economics of Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies. Springer-Verlag publishers, forthcoming 2006.
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Kalaitzandonakes, N., Alston, J.M., and K.J. Bradford.
"Compliance Costs for Regulatory Approval of New Biotech Crops."
Chapter 3 of R.E. Just, J.M. Alston, and D. Zilberman (eds). The Economics of Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies. Springer-Verlag publishers, forthcoming 2006.
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2005

Jin, S., S. Rozelle, J.M. Alston, J. Huang.
"Economies of Scale and Scope and the Economic Efficiency of China's Agricultural Research System."
International Economic Review 46(3)(August 2005): 1033-1057.
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Kiessel, K., D. Buschena, and V.H. Smith.
"Do Voluntary Biotech Labels Matter? Evidence from the Fluid Milk Market."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming, 2005.
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2004

Alston, J.M.
"Horticultural Biotechnology Faces Significant Economic and Market Barriers."
California Agriculture 58(2)(April 2004): 80-88.
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Alston, J.M., J.W. Freebairn, and J.S. James.
"Levy-Funded Research Choices by Producers and Society."
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 48(1)(March 2004): 34-64.
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Bradford, K.J., J.M. Alston, D.A. Sumner, and P. Lemaux, eds.
"Challenges and Opportunities for Horticultural Biotechnology."
California Agriculture 58(2)(April 2004): 68-71.
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Bradford, K.J. and J.M. Alston.
"Diversity of Horticultural Biotech Crops Contributes to Market Hurdles."
California Agriculture 58(2)(April 2004): 84.
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Bradford, K.J. and J.M. Alston.
"Horticultural Biotechnology: Challenges for Commercial Development."
Chronica Horticulturae 44(4)(December 2004): 4-8.
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Paller, M.S. and E.D. Wieben
"Teaming Up. A partnership for biotechnology and medical genomics."
Minnesota Physician 18 (6) 1-13, 2004.
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2003

Runge, F.C., B. Senauer, P.G. Pardey, and M.W. Rosegrant.
Ending Hunger in our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization.
Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2003.
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Alston, J.M., J.W. Freebairn, and J.S. James.
"Distributional Issues in Check-off Funded Programs."
Agribusiness: An International Journal 19(3)(Summer 2003): 277-288.
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Alston, J.M., J.W. Freebairn, and J.S. James.
"Incidence, Equity, and Efficiency of Check-off Funded Research and Promotion Programs."
NICPRE Quarterly 8,3(Third Quarter 2003).
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2002

Pardey, P.G., ed.
The Future of Food: Biotechnology Markets and Policies in an International Setting.
Washington D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001, pp. xii + 316. (Chinese edition translated by Simen Wen and Liangyun Sun, China Agricultural Publishing House, October 2002).
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Alston, J.M.
"The 'Domain' for Levy-Funded Research and Extension: General Notions with Particular Applications to the Australian Dairy Industry."
Connections: Farm Food and Resource Issues 3(August 2002):3-8.
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Paller, M.S., L. Hostetler, and D.A. Dykhuis.
"Clinical trials at AHCs: the perspective of an academic clinical trials office."
Academic Med 77: 1201-1206, 2002.
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2001

Alston, J.M., P.G. Pardey, and M. J. Taylor. eds.
Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
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Paller, M.S., F.B. Cerra, C.M. Maziar, and G.K. Carlson.
"Biomedical technology. The long, hard road from bench to bedside."
Minnesota Physician 14(11):1-11, 2001.
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Wright, B. D.
"Challenges for Public Agricultural Research and Extension in a World of Proprietary Science and Technology."
Chapter 4 in Proceedings of Knowledge Generation and Transfer: Implications for Agriculture in the 21st Century. Edited by S. Wolf. Greenwood Press, 2001.
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2000

Alston, J.M., P.G. Pardey, and V.H. Smith.
"Revamping Agricultural Research Policies in Industrialized Countries."
Biotechnology and Development Monitor. No. 43, September, 19-22, 2000.
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1999

Alston, J.M., P.G. Pardey, and V.H. Smith. eds.
Paying for Agricultural Productivity.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
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Alston, J.M., P.G. Pardey, and V.H Smith.
"Institutional Innovation in Public Agricultural R&D."
Choices, Second Quarter 1999, pp. 34-37.
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1998

Alston, J.M. P.G. Pardey, and J. Roseboom.
"Financing Agricultural Research: International Investment Patterns and Policies."
World Development Vol. 26, No.6 (1998): 1057-1071.
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Alston, J.M., P.G. Pardey, and V.H. Smith.
"Financing Agricultural Research in Rich Countries: What's Happening and Why?"
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 41(1)(March 1998): 51-82.
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Paller, M.S., and R.A. Culbertson.
"Under new Medicare regulations, can we still educate for uncertainty?"
Academic Med. 73:1033-1035, 1998.
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1997

Thirtle, C. G., J. Piesse, and V. H. Smith.
An Economic Approach to the Structure, Historical Development and Reform of Agricultural R & D in the United Kingdom.
Center for Agricultural Strategy, 1997.
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Paller, M.S.
"A proposal for funding clinical research trials by health care insurers."
J. Invest. Med. 45: 139-142, 1997.
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Pardey, P.G., J. Roseboom and N. Beintema.
"Investments in African Agricultural Research."
World Development 25(3)(March 1997): 409-423.
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1996

Alston, J.M., and P.G. Pardey.
Making Science Pay: The Economics of Agricultural R&D Policy.
Washington D.C.: American Enterprise Institute Press, 1996.
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1994

Fan, S. and P.G. Pardey.
Agricultural Research in China: Its Institutional Development and Impact.
The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1992. (Chinese edition, 1994).
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Alston, J.M. and P.G. Pardey.
"Distortions in Prices and Agricultural Research Investments."
In J.R. Anderson (ed.) Agricultural Technology: Current Policy Issues for the International Community and the World Bank CABI, 1994.
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1992

Pardey, P.G., J. Roseboom, and B.J. Craig.
"A Yardstick for International Comparisons: An Application to National Agricultural Research Expenditures."
Economic Development and Cultural Change 40(2)(January 1992): 333-349.
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1991

Pardey, P.G., J. Roseboom, and J.R. Anderson, eds.
Agricultural Research Policy: International Quantitative Perspectives.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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1990

Bronzino, J.D., V.H. Smith, and M.L. Wade.
Medical Technology and Society.
MIT Press, 1990.
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Smith, V H.
The Economics of Technology.
State University of New York at Stonybrook, 1990.
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1989

Pardey, P.G. and J. Roseboom.
ISNAR Agricultural Research Indicator Series: A Global Data Base on National Agricultural Research Systems.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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Productivity Measurement and Analysis

2007

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2005

Alston, J.M., and P.G. Pardey.
"Farm Productivity and Inputs"
sub-chapter comprising an essay and 16 data tables, including 210 series, in S. Carter, S. Gartner, M. Haines, A. Olmstead, R. Sutch, and G. Wright, eds., Historical Statistics of the United States—Millennial Edition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005 forthcoming.
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Andersen, M.
"Pro-cyclical Productivity Patterns in U.S. Agriculture."
Unpublished PhD dissertation. Davis: University of California, Davis, 2005.
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2003

Acquaye, A.K.A., J.M. Alston, and P.G. Pardey.
"Post-War Productivity Patterns in U.S. Agriculture: Influences of Aggregation Procedures in a State-Level Analysis."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(1)(February 2003): 59-80.
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Pardey, P.G. and B.D. Wright.
"Agricultural R&D, Productivity and Global Food Prospects."
Chapter 2 in M.J. Chrispeels and D.E. Sadava, eds. Plants, Genes, and Crop Biotechnology, 2nd ed. Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett, 2003.
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2002

Acquaye, A.K.A., J.M. Alston, and P.G. Pardey.
"A Disaggregated Perspective on Post-War Productivity Growth in U.S. Agriculture: Isn't that Spatial?"
Chapter 3 in V.E. Ball and G.W. Norton, eds. Agricultural Productivity: Measurement and Sources of Growth, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
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1997

Craig, B.J., P.G. Pardey, and J. Roseboom.
"International Productivity Patterns: Accounting for Input Quality, Infrastructure and Research."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79(4)(November 1997): 1064-1076.
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Fan, S. and P.G. Pardey.
"Research, Productivity and Output Growth in Chinese Agriculture."
Journal of Development Economics 53 (June 1997): 115-137.
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1996

Craig, B.J. and P.G. Pardey.
"Productivity Measurement in the Presence of Quality Change."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 78(5) (December 1996): 1349-1354.
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1995

Alston, J.M. J.R. Anderson and P.G. Pardey.
"Perceived Productivity, Forgone Future Farm Fruitfulness, and Rural Research Resource Rationalization."
in G.H. Peters and D.D. Hedley, eds. Agricultural Competitiveness: Market Forces and Policy Choice, proceedings of the twenty-second international conference of agricultural economists, Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 1995.
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Economic Evaluation of R&D

2006

Cassman, K. and S. Wood.
“Cultivated Systems.”
Volume 1 Chapter 26 in Ecosystems and Human Well Being, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Current State and Trends). Washington D.C.: Island Press, 2006.
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Paller, M.S., and F.B. Cerra.
"Investing in research: the impact of one academic health center's research grant program."
Academic Medicine 81(6)(June 2006): 520-526.
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Wood, S. and S. Ehui.
“Food.”
Volume 1 Chapter 8 in Ecosystems and Human Well Being, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Current State and Trends). Washington D.C.: Island Press, 2006.
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You, L. and S. Wood.
"Assessing the spatial distribution of crop production using a cross-entropy method."
Agricultural Systems (2006).
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2006

Pardey, P.G., J.M. Alston, C. Chan-Kang, E. Magalhães, and S. Vosti.
"International and Institutional R&D Spillovers: Attribution of Benefits Among Sources for Brazil's New Crop Varieties."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(1)(February 2006): 104-123.
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2005

Fan S., C. Chan-Kang, K. Qian, and K. Krishnaiah.
"National and International Agricultural Research and Rural Poverty: The Case of Rice Research in India and China."
Agricultural Economics. Vol. 33: 369-379. 2005.
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Mullen, J.D., J.M. Alston, D.A. Sumner, M.T. Kreith and N.V. Kuminoff.
"The Payoff to Public Investments in Pest Management R&D: General Issues and a Case Study Emphasizing Integrated Pest Management in California."
Review of Agricultural Economics 27(4)(2005): 558-573.
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2004

Pardey, P.G. J.M. Alston, C. Chan-Kang, E. Castello Magalhães, and S.A.
Vosti.
Assessing and Attributing the Benefits from Varietal Improvement Research in Brazil.
IFPRI Research Report No 136. Washington D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004.
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Pardey, P.G. and V.H. Smith, eds.
What's Economics Worth? Valuing Policy Research.
Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2004.
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Hertford, R., P.G. Pardey and S.R. Wood.
"Prospects for Research and Development in the Agricultural Sector."
Chapter in Special Report No. 6. Documents of the Round Table on Rural Competitiveness held on March 25 2004 in Lima, Peru. Washington D.C.: FONTAGRO/IDB, December 2004.
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Wood, S., L. You and X. Zhang.
"Spatial Patterns of Crop Yields in Latin America and Caribbean."
Latin American Journal of Economics 41(124)(December 2004): 361-381.
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2003

Mullen, J.D., J.M. Alston, D.A. Sumner, M.T. Kreith, and N.V. Kuminoff.
Returns to University of California Pest Management Research and Extension: Overview and Case Studies Emphasizing IPM.
University of California, ANR Publication 3482, Oakland CA, 2003.
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Mitchell, P., J. Alston, J. Hyde, and M. Marra.
"Benefits from Transgenic Maize Resistant to Corn Rootworm."
ISB News Report, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. October: 8-9, 2003.
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Wood, S. and J. Chamberlin.
“Enhancing the Role of Spatial Analysis in Strategic Impact Assessment: Improving Data Resolution for Regional Studies”
Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 42(2)(2003): 167-187
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2002

Pardey, P.G., J. M. Alston, C. Chan-Kang, E.C. Magalhães, and S.A. Vosti.
Calculado e Atribuindo os Benefícios da Pesquisa de Melhoramento de Variedades: O Casa da Embrapa
(E. Alves, M. Magalhães, and P. Guedes, Editores Técnicos). Brasilia: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica, 2002.
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Alston, J.M., J. Hyde, and M.C. Marra.
An Ex Ante Analysis of the Benefits from the Adoption of Monsanto's Corn Rootworm Resistant Varietal Technology – YieldGard® Rootworm.
NSF Center for Integrated Pest Management, Technical Bulletin 103, 68 pp., Raleigh, NC, July 2002.
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Alston, J.M. J. Hyde, M.C. Marra, and P.D. Mitchell.
"An Ex Ante Analysis of the Benefits from the Adoption of Corn Rootworm Resistant, Transgenic Corn Technology."
AgBioForum 5(3) (2002):71-84.
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Marra, M.C., P.G. Pardey, and J.M. Alston.
"The Payoff to Transgenic Field Crops: An Assessment of the Evidence."
AgBioForum 5(2)(2002).
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Alston, J.M.
"Spillovers."
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 46(3)(September 2002): 315-346.
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2001

Alston, J.M. and P.G. Pardey.
"Attribution and Other Problems in Assessing the Returns to Agricultural R&D."
Agricultural Economics 25(2-3) (September 2001): 141-152.
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Hazell, P. and S. Wood.
“From Science to Technology Adoption: the Role of Policy Research in Improving Natural Resource Management”
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment Vol. 82 (2001): 385-393
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2000

Alston, J.M., M. C. Marra, P.G. Pardey, and T.J. Wyatt.
A Meta Analysis of Rates of Return to Agricultural R&D: Ex Pede Herculem?
Washington D.C.: IFPRI Research Report No 113, 2000.
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Alston, J.M., M.C. Marra, P.G. Pardey, and T.J. Wyatt.
"Research Returns Redux: A Meta- Analysis of the Returns to Agricultural R&D."
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 44(2)(June 2000): 185-215.
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1999

Alston, J.M., R.J. Sexton, and M. Zhang.
"Imperfect Competition, Functional Forms, and the Size and Distribution of Research Benefits."
Agricultural Economics 21(1999) 155-172.
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1998

Alston, J.M., G.W. Norton, and P.G. Pardey.
Science Under Scarcity: Principles and Practice for Agricultural Research Evaluation and Priority Setting.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995 (reprinted by CAB International, Wallingford, 1998).
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Wood, S. and P.G. Pardey.
"Agroecological Aspects of Evaluating Agricultural R&D."
Agricultural Systems 57(1)(1998): 13-41.
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1997

Smith, V.H. and P.G. Pardey.
"Sizing up Social Science Research."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79(5)(December 1997): 1530-1533.
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Alston, J.M., R.J. Sexton, and M. Zhang.
"The Effects of Imperfect Competition on the Size and Distribution of Research Benefits."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79(November 1997):1252-1265.
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Martin, W.J. and J.M. Alston.
"Producer Surplus without Apology: Evaluating Investments in R&D."
The Economic Record 73(221)(June 1997):146-158.
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1996

Pardey, P.G., J.M. Alston, J.E. Christian and S. Fan.
Hidden Harvest: U.S. Benefits from International Research Aid,
Food Policy Report, Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, September 1996.
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Alston, J.M. and D.E. Beach.
"Market Distortions and the Benefits from Research Into New Uses for Agricultural Commodities: Ethanol from Corn."
Resource and Energy Economics 18(1996):1-29.
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1995

Alston, J.M. and W.J. Martin.
"Reversal of Fortune: Immiserizing Technological Change in Agriculture."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 77(May 1995):251-259.
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1994

Constantine J.H., J.M. Alston, and V.H. Smith.
"Economic Impacts of California's One Variety Cotton Law."
Journal of Political Economy 102(October 1994):66-89.
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Alston, J.M., P.G. Pardey and H.O. Carter.
Valuing California's Agricultural Research and Extension.
Davis: University of California Agricultural Issues Center Publication No. VR-1, March 1994.
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Alston, J.M., P.G. Pardey and H.O. Carter.
Valuing California's Agricultural Research and Extension, Summary Report.
Davis: University of California Agricultural Issues Center Publication No. VR-2, June 1994.
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Martin, W.J. and J.M. Alston.
"A Dual Approach to Evaluating Research Benefits in the Presence of Trade Distortions."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 76(February 1994):26-35.
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1993

Smith, Vincent H., and Joseph D. Bronzino.
"Measuring the Cost of Health Care Technologies"
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Magazine (June 1993): 34-37.
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1992

Alston, J.M. and J.D. Mullen.
"Economic Effects of Research into Traded Goods: The Case of Australian Wool."
Journal of Agricultural Economics 43(1992):268-278.
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Norton, G.W., P.G. Pardey and J.M. Alston.
"Economic Issues in Agricultural Research Priority Setting and Evaluation."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74(1992):1089-1095.
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1991

Alston, J.M.
"Research Benefits in a Multimarket Setting: A Review."
Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics 59(1991):23-52.
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Scobie, G.M., J.D. Mullen and J.M. Alston.
"The Returns to Farm R&D in the Australian Wool Industry"
Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics 35(1991):179-195.
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1990

Mullen, J.D. and J.M. Alston.
The Returns to The Australian Wool Industry from Investment in R&D.
Rural & Resource Economics Report No. 10, New South Wales Department of Agriculture & Fisheries, Division of Rural and Resource Economics, Sydney, 1990.
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1988

Alston, J.M., G. W. Edwards and J.W. Freebairn.
"Market Distortions and the Benefits from Research."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 70(1988):281-288.
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1983

Alston, J.M. and G.M. Scobie.
"The Distribution of Research Gains in Multistage Production Systems: Comment."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 65(1983):353-356.
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Agricultural Genetic Resources

2006

2004

Koo. B., P.G. Pardey, B.D. Wright, and others.
Saving Seeds: The Economics of Conserving Crop Genetic Resources Ex Situ in the Future Harvest Centers of the CGIAR.
Wallingford U.K.: CAB International, 2004.
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Pardey, P.G. J.M. Alston, C. Chan-Kang, E. Castello Magalhães, and S.A. Vosti.
Assessing and Attributing the Benefits from Varietal Improvement Research in Brazil.
IFPRI Research Report No 136. Washington D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004.
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Carrizosa, S., S. Brush, B. Wright, and P. McGuire.
Accessing Biodiversity and Sharing the Benefits: Lessons from Implementing the Convention on Biodiversity.
Bonn, Germany: International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 2004.
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2003

Koo, B, P.G. Pardey, and B.D. Wright.
"Costing the Conservation of Genetic Resources: A Comparison of the CIMMYT and ICARDA Genebanks"
Chapter 6 in D. Virchow ed. Efficient Conservation of Crop Genetic Diversity. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2003.
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Koo, B., P.G. Pardey, and B.Wright.
"The Price of Conserving Agricultural Biodiversity: Commentary."
Nature Biotechnology (February 2003): 126-128.
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Koo, B., P.G. Pardey and B.D. Wright
"The Economic Costs of Conserving Genetic Resources at the CGIAR Centers."
Agricultural Economics 29 (2003): 287-297.
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2002

Koo, B., P.G. Pardey and B.D. Wright.
Endowing Future Harvests: The Long-Term Costs of Conserving Genetic Resources at the CGIAR Centres.
Rome: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, 2002.
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Alston, J.M. and R.J. Venner.
"The Effects of the U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act on Wheat Genetic Improvement."
Research Policy 31,4(2002): 527-542.
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2001

Pardey, P.G., B. Koo, B.D. Wright, M.E.Van Dusen, B. Skovmand, and S. Taba.
"Costing the Conservation of Genetic Resources: CIMMYT's Ex Situ Maize and Wheat Collection."
Crop Science 41(4) (2001): 1286-1299.
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Pardey, P.G. and B. Koo, eds.
Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Policies, Briefs 1-6.
IFPRI Research at a Glance series. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute, January 2003.
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Pardey, P.G., B.D. Wright, C. Nottenburg, E. Binenbaum, and P. Zambrano.
"Intellectual Property and Developing Countries: Freedom to Operate in Agricultural Biotechnology."
Brief no.3.
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Nottenburg, C., P.G. Pardey, and B.D. Wright.
"Accessing Other People's Technology."
Brief no.4.
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Koo, B., P.G. Pardey, and B.D. Wright.
"Conserving Genetic Resources for Agriculture: Counting the Costs."
Brief no.5.
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1999

Koo, B. and B. D. Wright.
"The Role of Biodiversity Products as Incentives for Conserving Biological Diversity: Some Instructive Examples."
The Science of the Total Environment 240(1999): 21-30.
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Wright, B. D.
"Can Agricultural Genetic Resources be a Bonanza for the South?"
Chapter 12 in Development, Duality and the International Economic Regime: Essays in Honor of Gustav Ranis. Edited by G. Saxonhouse and T.N. Srinivasan. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1999.
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1998

Wright, B. D.
"Public Germplasm Development at a Crossroads: Biotechnology and Intellectual Property."
California Agriculture 52(6)(November/December 1998): 8-13.
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1997

Wright, B. D.
"Crop Genetic Resource Policy: The Role of Ex Situ Genebanks."
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 41(1)(1997): 81-115.
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1995

Alston, J.M., J.H. Constantine and V.H. Smith.
"Regulating the Genetic Pool: How Costly Can Well-Intentioned Government Regulation Be?"
Choices, Fourth Quarter 1995, pp. 4-7.
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1994

Innovation and Intellectual Property in the Biosciences

2007

Wright, B.D., P.G. Pardey, C. Nottenburg and B. Koo.
"Agricultural Innovation: Economic Incentives and Institutions."
Chapter in R.E. Evenson, P. Pingali and T.P. Schultz, eds. Handbook of Agricultural Economics: Volume 3 Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007.
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2006

Koo, B., P.G. Pardey, K. Qian, and Y. Zhang.
"An Option Perspective on Generating and Maintaining Plant Variety Rights in China."
Agricultural Economics 35 (1)(2006):35-48.
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Wright, B.D. and P.G. Pardey.
"The Evolving Rights to Intellectual Property Protection in the Agricultural Biosciences."
International Journal for Technology and Globalization 2 (1/2)(2006): 12-29.
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Wright, B.D. and P.G. Pardey.
"Changing Intellectual Property Regimes: Implications for Developing Country Agriculture."
International Journal for Technology and Globalization 1 (1/2)(2006): 93-114
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2005

2004

Binenbaum, E. and P. G. Pardey.
"Intellectual Property Strategy in the Context of Inter-Organizational Relations: The Case of International Agricultural Research."
Chapter in R.E. Evenson and V. Santaniello, eds., The Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology, Wallingford: CAB International, 2004.
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Boettiger, S., G. Graff, P.G. Pardey, E. van Dusen, and B.D. Wright.
"Intellectual Property Rights for Plant Biotechnology: International Aspects."
chapter in P. Christou and H. Klee eds. Handbook of Plant Biotechnology Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 2004.
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A. Bennett, G. Graff, B. Wright and D. Zilberman.
"Access to Intellectual Property is a Major Obstacle to Developing Transgenic Horticultural Crops."
California Agriculture, Vol. 58, No. 2 (2004): 120-127.
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Pardey, P.G., B. Koo and C. Nottenburg.
"Creating, Protecting, and Using Crop Biotechnologies Worldwide in an Era of Intellectual Property."
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 6(1)(December 2004): 213-252.
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Koo, B., C. Nottenburg, and P.G. Pardey.
"Plants and Intellectual Property: An International Appraisal."
Science 306 (November 2004): 1295-1297.
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2003

Nottenburg, C. and P.G. Pardey.
"Intellectual Property Rights and Biotechnology Transfer."
paper prepared for Asia and the Pacific Industrial Development Forum on Biotechnology convened by United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Chengdu China 16-17 December 2003.
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Koo, B. and B. Wright.
"Economics in Patenting an Input Essential to Further Research."
in Economics, Law and Intellectual Property: Seeking Strategies for Research and Teaching in a Developing Field, eds. Ove Granstrand. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
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Binenbaum, E., C. Nottenburg, P.G. Pardey, B.D. Wright, and P. Zambrano.
"South-North Trade, Intellectual Property Jurisdictions, and Freedom to Operate in Agricultural Research on Staple Crops."
Economic Development and Cultural Change 51 (2) (January 2003): 309-336.
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Pardey, P.G., B.D. Wright, C. Nottenburg, E. Binenbaum, and P. Zambrano.
"Intellectual Property and Developing Countries: Freedom to Operate in Agricultural Biotechnology."
Brief no.3.
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Nottenburg, C., P.G. Pardey, and B.D. Wright.
"Accessing Other People's Technology."
Brief no.4.
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Koo, B., P.G. Pardey, and B.D. Wright.
"Conserving Genetic Resources for Agriculture: Counting the Costs."
Brief no.5.
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2002

Nottenburg, C., P.G. Pardey, and B.D. Wright.
"Accessing Other People's Technology for Non-profit Research."
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 48(3) (September 2002): 389-416.
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Koo, B. and B. Wright.
"The Timing of Evaluation of Genebank Materials and the Effects of Biotechnology."
Chapter 22 in Agricultural Globalization, Trade, and the Environment, eds. Charles B. Moss et al. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Chapter 22. (Reprinted with the permission of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics), 2002.
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Wright, B.D.
"Biotechnology and Intellectual Property."
Chapter 8 of California Council on Science and Technology, Benefits and Risks of Food Biotechnology: July 151-165, 2002.
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2001

Graff, G., A. Bennett, B. D. Wright and D. Zilberman.
"Intellectual Property Clearinghouse Mechanisms for Agriculture: Summary of an Industry, Academia, and International Development Round Table."
IP Strategy Today. No. 3-2001, pp12-30, 2001.
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Binenbaum, E., P.G. Pardey, and B.D. Wright.
"Public-Private R&D Relationships: The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83(3)(August 2001): 748-753.
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Evenson, R.E. and B.D. Wright.
"The Value of Plant Biodiversity for Agriculture."
Chapter 10 in Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas. Edited by J.M. Alston, P.G. Pardey, and M.J. Taylor. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University, 2001.
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2000

Koo, B. and B.D. Wright.
"The Optimal Timing of Evaluation of Genebank Accessions and the Effects of Biotechnology."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82(4)(2000): 797-811.
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Wright, B.D.
"Intellectual Property Rights Challenges and International Research Collaborations in Agricultural Biotechnology."
Chapter 8 in Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries: Towards Optimizing the Benefits for the Poor. Edited by M. Qaim, A. Krattiger, and J. von Braun. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
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Wright, B. D.
"International Crop Breeding in a World of Proprietary Technology."
Chapter 8 in Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights. Economic, Institutional and Implementation Issues in Biotechnology. Edited by V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson, D. Zilberman, and G.A. Carlson. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, 2000.
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1998

Wright, B. D.
"Intellectual Property and Farmers' Rights."
Chapter 16 in Agricultural Values of Plant Genetic Resources. Edited by R.E. Evenson, D. Gollin, and V. Santaniello. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing, 1998.
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Wright, B. D.
"The Economics of Invention Incentives: Patents, Prizes, and Research Contracts."
American Economic Review 73(4)(1983): 691-707.
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