Economic Impact of Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Plant Genetics
Scientific innovation constitutes an important factor of economic growth. This paper estimates the economic impact of one scientific type of innovation: genetics applied to seed production. In Argentina, previous research on this topic has been focalized on the impact of genetic innovation on partia...
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Instituto de Economía y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidada Nacional de Córdoba.
2008
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| author | Arizu, Alberto Castro, Victor Gallacher, Marcos |
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| description | Scientific innovation constitutes an important factor of economic growth. This paper estimates the economic impact of one scientific type of innovation: genetics applied to seed production. In Argentina, previous research on this topic has been focalized on the impact of genetic innovation on partial productivity measures - in particular land productivity. In contrast, this paper utilizes a production function framework to estimate the impact of genetic improvement, controlling for the use of other inputs. Two data bases with a panel structure are used: one integrated by a cross-section of countries (including Argentina), the other includes only data for Argentina for different kid of crops. Results show there is important economic returns associated with innovation in crop genetics. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-38462022-05-18T22:18:47Z Economic Impact of Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Plant Genetics Impacto Económico del Conocimiento Científico: El Caso de la Genética Vegetal Arizu, Alberto Castro, Victor Gallacher, Marcos producción agrícola productividad biotecnología vegetal investigación y desarrollo impacto económico 031 Q16 agricultural production productivity plant biotechnology research and development economic impact O31 Q16 Scientific innovation constitutes an important factor of economic growth. This paper estimates the economic impact of one scientific type of innovation: genetics applied to seed production. In Argentina, previous research on this topic has been focalized on the impact of genetic innovation on partial productivity measures - in particular land productivity. In contrast, this paper utilizes a production function framework to estimate the impact of genetic improvement, controlling for the use of other inputs. Two data bases with a panel structure are used: one integrated by a cross-section of countries (including Argentina), the other includes only data for Argentina for different kid of crops. Results show there is important economic returns associated with innovation in crop genetics. La innovación constituye un importante factor de crecimiento económico.Este trabajo tiene como objetivo cuantificar el impacto económico de un tipoparticular de investigación científica: el mejoramiento genético aplicado a laproducción de semillas. En Argentina, trabajos anteriores realizados sobre eltema focalizan atención en los impactos de la investigación genética sobremedidas de productividad parcial (en particular, productividad de la tierra).Este trabajo, en cambio, utiliza el marco de función de producción paraestimar el impacto de mejoras genéticas sobre producción, controlado por eluso de otros insumos. El trabajo utiliza dos bases de datos: una integrada poruna sección cruzada de países (incluyendo Argentina), la otra compuesta sólopor datos de cultivos de Argentina (ambas basas corresponden a datos depanel). Los resultados muestran importantes retornos económicos asociadosa la investigación en genética vegetal. Instituto de Economía y Finanzas. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidada Nacional de Córdoba. 2008-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REyE/article/view/3846 10.55444/2451.7321.2008.v46.n1.3846 Revista de Economía y Estadística; Vol. 46 No. 1 (2008); 45-68 Revista de Economía y Estadística; Vol. 46 Núm. 1 (2008); 45-68 2451-7321 0034-8066 10.55444/2451.7321.2008.v46.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REyE/article/view/3846/6776 Derechos de autor 2008 Alberto Arizu, Victor Castro, Marcos Gallacher http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | producción agrícola productividad biotecnología vegetal investigación y desarrollo impacto económico 031 Q16 agricultural production productivity plant biotechnology research and development economic impact O31 Q16 Arizu, Alberto Castro, Victor Gallacher, Marcos Economic Impact of Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Plant Genetics |
| title | Economic Impact of Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Plant Genetics |
| title_alt | Impacto Económico del Conocimiento Científico: El Caso de la Genética Vegetal |
| title_full | Economic Impact of Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Plant Genetics |
| title_fullStr | Economic Impact of Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Plant Genetics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic Impact of Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Plant Genetics |
| title_short | Economic Impact of Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Plant Genetics |
| title_sort | economic impact of scientific knowledge the case of plant genetics |
| topic | producción agrícola productividad biotecnología vegetal investigación y desarrollo impacto económico 031 Q16 agricultural production productivity plant biotechnology research and development economic impact O31 Q16 |
| topic_facet | producción agrícola productividad biotecnología vegetal investigación y desarrollo impacto económico 031 Q16 agricultural production productivity plant biotechnology research and development economic impact O31 Q16 |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/REyE/article/view/3846 |
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