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Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Introduction and Overview....Pages 3-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Economic Analysis and Regulating Pesticide Biotechnology at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency....Pages 21-35
Compliance Costs for Regulatory Approval of New Biotech Crops....Pages 37-57
Regulation of Technology in the Context of U.S. Agricultural Policy....Pages 59-79
Managing Liabilities Arising from Agricultural Biotechnology....Pages 81-101
Status of Agricultural Biotechnology: An International Perspective....Pages 103-123
Interactions Between Trade Policies and GM Food Regulations....Pages 125-143
The Value of Non-Pecuniary Characteristics of Crop Biotechnologies: A New Look at the Evidence....Pages 145-177
Bt Corn’s Reduction of Mycotoxins: Regulatory Decisions and Public Opinion....Pages 179-200
Consumer Attitudes and Market Resistance to Biotech Products....Pages 201-225
Comparison of Consumer Responses to Genetically Modified Foods in Asia, North America, and Europe....Pages 227-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
The Economics of Biotechnology Regulation....Pages 243-261
Labeling Regulations and Segregation of First- and Second-Generation GM Products: Innovation Incentives and Welfare Effects....Pages 263-281
Regulation of Technology in the Context of Risk Generation....Pages 283-299
Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops: Differentiated Risk Assessment and Management....Pages 301-326
Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and the Adoption of Transgenic Crops: Experiences from Applications to HT Sugar Beets, HT Corn, and Bt Corn....Pages 327-352
Anticompetitive Impacts of Laws that Regulate Commercial Use of Agricultural Biotechnologies in the United States....Pages 353-396
Regulation, Trade, and Market Power: Agricultural Chemical Markets and Incentives for Biotechnology....Pages 397-419
Regulation and the Structure of Biotechnology Industries....Pages 421-436
The Social Welfare Implications of Intellectual Property Protection: Imitation and Going Off Patent....Pages 437-455
Front Matter....Pages 457-457
International Approval and Labeling Regulations of Genetically Modified Food in Major Trading Countries....Pages 459-480
Benefits and Costs of Biosafety Regulation in India and China....Pages 481-508
Biosafety Regulation of Genetically Modified Orphan Crops in Developing Countries: A Way Forward....Pages 509-533
Bt Resistance Management: The Economics of Refuges....Pages 535-557
Managing European Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Corn with Dynamic Refuges....Pages 559-577
Farmer Demand for Corn Rootworm Bt Corn: Do Insect Resistance Management Guidelines Really Matter?....Pages 579-597
Adverse Selection, Moral Hazard, and Grower Compliance with Bt Corn Refuge....Pages 599-623
Damage from Secondary Pests and the Need for Refuge in China....Pages 625-637
Regulation of Biotechnology for Field Crops....Pages 639-645
Regulation of Transgenic Crops Intended for Pharmaceutical and Industrial Uses....Pages 647-661
Regulation of Biotechnology for Forestry Products....Pages 663-681
Regulation of Biotechnology for Specialty Crops....Pages 683-697
Front Matter....Pages 699-699
What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go from Here?....Pages 701-722
Back Matter....Pages 723-732
توضیحاتی در مورد کتاب به زبان اصلی :
This book presents the first thorough economic analysis of current agricultural biotechnology regulation. The contributors, most of whom are agricultural economists working either in universities or NGOs, address issues such as commercial pesticides, the costs of approving new products, liability, benefits, consumer acceptance, regulation and its impacts, transgenic crops, social welfare implications, and biosafety.