June 24-25, 1999
Washington, DC
Conference Executive Summary
Decision Makers' Summaries of Papers
Copies of Papers
Conference steering committee:
William Lesser, Chair, Cornell University
Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts
Ronald Cotterill, University of Connecticut
Decision Makers' Summaries of Papers
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Welcome, Conference Agenda, William Lesser, Cornell University Opening: Enrique Figueroa, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA BREAKOUT ROOM A SESSION III.A: Private Sector Strategy and Public Acceptance SESSION III.B: Institutional Analysis and IPR
Thursday, June 24
Highlights of University of Rome Tor Vergata Conference, "The Shape of the Coming Agricultural Biotechnology Transformation: Strategic Investment and Policy Approaches from an Economics Perspective" William Lesser, Cornell University
SESSION I: Farm-Level Effects of Agbiotech
Session Chair: William Lesser
Overview of GMO Plantings, William Lesser, Cornell University
The Impact of Technological Innovation on Producer Returns: The Case of Transgenic Canola, Murray Fulton & Lynette Keyowski, University of Saskatchewan
Farm-Level Effects of Adopting Genetically Engineered Crops in the USA, Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Cassandra Klotz-Ingram & Sharon Jans, ERS/USDA
Survey Evidence on Producer Use and Costs of Genetically Modified Seed, William McBride, Nora Brooks, and R. Nelson, ERS/USDA
Rent Creation and Distribution from Biotechnology Innovations: The Case of Bt Cotton and Herbicide-Tolerant Soybeans, Jose B. Falck-Zepeda, and Greg Traxler, Auburn University
Intellectual Property Law in the Protection of Plant Inventions, M. Roth and R. Shear, Monsanto
SESSION II: Public Sector Role in Agbiotech
Session Chair: Julie Caswell
Is Agriculture Research Still a Public Good? James F. Oehmke, David D. Weatherspoon, Christopher A Wolf, Anwar Naseem, Mywish Maredia and Amie Hightower, Michigan State University
Impact of Industry Concentration on Innovation in the U.S. Plant Biotech Industry, Margaret F. Brennan Carl E. Pray, and Ann Courtmanche, Rutgers University
The Public and Not-for-Profit Sectors in a Biotechnology-Based, Privatizing World: The Canola Case, Richard Gray, Stavroula Malla & Peter W.B. Phillips, University of Saskatchewan
Universities, Agricultural Biotechnology Patents, and Local Spillovers, Jeremy Foltz, Bradford Barham, and Kwansoo Kim, University of Connecticut
Discussion
Discussion Leader: William Lesser
Friday, June 25
Session Chair: Ronald Cotterill
An Evaluation of Risk Analysis as Applied to Agricultural Biotechnology (with a Case Study of GMO Labeling), Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts
Preferred Price Paths of Biotechnology-Derived Products: Time and Portfolio Analysis, Annie Kinwa-Muzinga and Michael A. Mazzocco, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Structural Change in the Biotechnology and Seed Industrial Complex: Theory and Evidence, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes & Marvin L. Hayenga, University of Missouri and Iowa State University
Innovation Dynamics and Optimal Licensing Strategies in the Agro-Biotechnology Industry, Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes & Leonie Marks, University of Missouri
A Transgenic Theory of the Firm, James R. Baarda, The Ackerson Group
Discussion
SESSION IV.A: Supply Channels and Regulation
Session Chair: Stanley Fletcher, University of Georgia
Market Segmentation for Genetically Modified Corn and Soybean Exports, Carrie J. Cunningham & Laurian J. Unnevehr, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Temporal Uncertainty and Irreversibility - A Theoretical Framework for the Decision to Approve the Release of Transgenic Crops, Justus Wesseler, Institute of Horticultural Economics, Germany
Can the WTO/GATT Agreements on Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade Be Re-Negotiated to Accommodate Agricultural Biotechnology? Nick Perdikis, James Kerr & Jill E. Hobbs, University of Wales Aberystwyth and University of Calgary
The BioSafety Protocol and International Trade in Transgenic Canola: An Economic Assessment of the Impact on Canada, Grant Isaac & Peter W.B. Phillips, University of Saskatchewan
BREAKOUT ROOM B:
Session Chair: Peter Phillips, University of Saskatchewan
'Holding-Up' the Public Agbiotech Research Sector Over Component Technologies, William Lesser, Cornell University
Dynamic Implications of Alternative Intellectual Property Rights for Crop Genetic Resources, Bonwoo Koo & Brian D. Wright, University of California, Berkeley
The Relationship Between Patents and R&D Investment: Biotechnology Patents as Incomplete Contracts, Marc Banik & Jay Kesan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Incentives in the Compulsory Licensing of Intellectual Property in Agriculture, Theodore M. Horbulyk, University of Calgary
Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Value Differentiation in Agriculture, Rachael Goodhue, Gordon Rausser, S. Scotchmer and Leo Simon, University of California, Davis and University of California, Berkeley
Discussion
SESSION IV.B: Trade and Development
Session Chair: Carl Pray, Rutgers University
The Source of Comparative Advantage in Biotechnology: A Real Options Approach, Brian F. Lavoie & Ian M. Sheldon, Ohio State University
Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries - Will Technology Be Transferred through the Market or Piracy? Robert Tarvydas, James D. Gaisford, Jill E. Hobbs & William A. Kerr, University of Calgary
The TRIPS Agreement and WTO Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology, William A. Kerr, Revadee Yampoin, & Jill E. Hobbs, University of Calgary
Crop Resistance Management Compliance with Insurance, S. Griffin, IGF Insurance Co
Combined Panel Discussion
Session Chair: William Lesser, Cornell University
M. Roth, Monsanto
K. Calia, Covington and Burling
S. Halbrook, Farm Foundation
Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts
Carl Pray, Rutgers University.
Peter Phillips, University of Saskatchewan
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