Title
But are they Meritorious? Genetic Productivity Gains under Plant Intellectual Property Rights
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Keywords
genetic improvement, Intellectual Property Rights, plant variety protection, productivity analysis, R&D policy
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effect of Plant Variety Protection (PVP) on the productive merit ⁄ yield increases of US seed varieties. As an example, we use wheat varieties, which are and have been available as both protected and unprotected under PVP from both the public and private sectors. We find evidence that PVP has contributed to the genetic improvement of wheat, using varietal trial data from Washington State. As the private open-pollinated varieties exist only because of PVP and are higher yielding, these results indicate a clear public benefit from PVP.
Publication Title
Journal of Agricultural Economics
Volume
60
Issue
1
First Page
62
Last Page
79
DOI of Published Version
10.1111/j.1477-9552.2008.00171.x
Recommended Citation
Kolady, Deepthi and Lesser, William, "But are they Meritorious? Genetic Productivity Gains under Plant Intellectual Property Rights" (2009). Economics Faculty Publications. 27.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/econ_pubs/27