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The Science & Technology Policy unit provides economic research and leadership on key issues of the evolving policy debate on new agricultural science and technology. The goal is to improve our understanding of the roles of public policy and market institutions in fostering innovation and economic growth, and to help identify appropriate R&D strategies for the public and private sectors. Current research programs include the economic analysis of biotechnology innovations in agriculture, consumer acceptance and regulation of genetically modified products, the analysis of intellectual property rights, the supply of quality in agricultural market with geographical indications, and the role of universities in technology transfer.
The S&TP unit is supported by the Pioneer Endowed Chair in Science and Technology Policy, which was established in 1999 through an endowment provided to Iowa State University by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Recent Publications
Intellectual Property Rights and Crop-Improving R&D Under Adaptive Destruction
Yerokhin, O. and G. Moschini
Environmental and Resource Economics, 2007, forthcoming
U.S. Universities’ Net Returns from Patenting and Licensing: A Quantile Regression Analysis
Bulut, H., and G. Moschini
Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2007, forthcoming
Deriving a Flexible Mixed Demand System: The Normalized Quadratic Model
Moschini, G. and P.L. Rizzi
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89(2007):1034-1045
Grading, Minimum Quality Standards, and the Labeling of Genetically Modified Products
Lapan, H., and G. Moschini
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 89(2007):769-783
Vertical Product Differentiation, Entry-Deterrence Strategies, and Entry Qualities
Noh, Y-H., and Moschini, G.
Review of Industrial Organization 29(2006):227-252
The Economic Incentive to Innovate in Plants: Patents and Plant Breeders’ Rights
Moschini, G., and Yerokhin, O.
in J.P. Kesan, ed., Agricultural Biotechnology and Intellectual Property: Seeds of Change, CAB International, 2007 (pp.190-203)
Book review of "What's Economics Worth? Valuing Policy Research," by Pardey, P.G., Smith, V.H., eds.
Moschini, G.
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55(2)(2007):425-428
Pharmaceuticals and Industrial Traits in Genetically Modified Crops: Coexistence with Conventional Agriculture
Moschini, G.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(5)(December 2006)
Coherent Specification of a Mixed Demand System: The Stone-Geary Model
Moschini, G., and Rizzi, P.L.
M. T. Holt and J.–P. Chavas, ed., Exploring Frontiers in Applied Economics: Essays in Honor of Stanley R. Johnson, Berkeley Electronic Press, September 2006
Regulatory Actions under Adjustment Costs and the Resolution of Scientific Uncertainty
Hennessy, D., and Moschini, G.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(2)(May 2006):308-323
Evaluating the Market and Welfare Impacts of Agricultural Policies in Developed Countries: Comparison of Partial and General Equilibrium Measures
Gohin, A., and Moschini, G.
Review of Agricultural Economics 28(2)(2006):195-211
Patents, Trade Secrets and the Correlation Among R&D Projects
Bulut, H. and Moschini, G.
Economics Letters 91(2006):131-137
Labeling Regulations and Segregation of First- and Second-Generation GM Products: Innovation Incentives and Welfare Effects
GianCarlo Moschini and Harvey Lapan
Book chapter in: Just, Zilberman and Alston, Economics of Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies, New York, Springer Publishers, 2006
On the Segregation of Genetically Modified, Conventional and Organic Products in European Agriculture: A Multi-market Equilibrium Analysis
GianCarlo Moschini, Harun Bulut and Luigi Cembalo
Journal of Agricultural Economics, 56(3)(2005):347-372
Genetically Modified Crops and Product Differentiation: Trade and Welfare Effects in the Soybean Complex
Andrei Sobolevsky, GianCarlo Moschini and Harvey Lapan
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87(2005):621-644
Pharmaceuticals and Industrial Products in Crops: Economic Prospects and Impacts on Agriculture
Greg Graff and GianCarlo Moschini
Iowa Ag Review, Fall 2004
Nash Equilibrium in Strictly Competitive Games: Live Play in Soccer
GianCarlo Moschini
Economics Letters, 85(3)(2004):365-371
Innovation and Trade with Endogenous Market Failure: The Case of Genetically Modified Products
Harvey E. Lapan and GianCarlo Moschini
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(2004):634-648
(Reader's Appendix)
Intellectual Property Rights and the World Trade Organization: Retrospect and Prospects
GianCarlo Moschini
Book chapter in: Anania, G., Bohman, M., Carter, C., and McCalla, A., eds.,
Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Where Are We Heading?, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004
Agricultural Biotechnology and Trade: The Unresolved Issues
GianCarlo Moschini
Iowa Ag Review, Fall 2003
The Economics of Patents
Corinne Langinier and GianCarlo Moschini
Book chapter in: M. Rothschild and S. Newman, eds.,
Intellectual Property Rights in Animal Breeding and Genetics, CAB International, 2002