WELFARE EFFECTS OF TRANSGENIC SUGARBEETS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: A THEORETICAL EX-ANTE FRAMEWORK

We develop a theoretical welfare framework, which explicitly recognizes that research protected by intellectual property rights generates monopoly profits. The result is a simulation model, shaped to the European sugar sector, and enabling to assess the size and distribution of the benefits of transgenic sugarbeet adoption in the European Union and the Rest of the World.

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Demont, Matty ; Tollens, Eric
Institutions:	Afdeling Landbouw- en Voedseleconomie, KU Leuven
Subject:	Production Economics \| Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Centre for Agricultural and Food Economics>Working papers Number 31852
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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