Persistence Pays U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth and the B
This book documents the evolving path of U.S. agriculture in the 20th Century and the role of public R&D in that evolution. The work begins with a detailed quantitative assessment of the shifting patterns of production among the states and over time a
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NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY Editors: David Zilberman Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720 Renan Goetz Department of Economics University of Girona, Spain Alberto Garrido Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences E.T.S. Ingenieros Agro´nomos, Madrid, Spain EDITORIAL STATEMENT There is a growing awareness of the role that natural resources such as water, land, forests and environmental amenities play in our lives. There are many competing uses for natural resources, and society is challenged to manage them to improve social well being. Furthermore, there may be dire consequences to natural resources mismanagement. Renewable resources such as water, land and the environment are linked, and decisions made with regard to one may affect the others. Policy and management of natural resources now require an interdisciplinary approach including natural and social sciences to correctly address our societal preferences. This series provides a collection of works containing the most recent findings on economics, management and policy of renewable biological resources such as water, land, crop protection, sustainable agriculture, technology, and environmental health. It incorporates modern thinking and techniques of economics and management, Books in this series will combine knowledge and models of natural phenomena with economics and managerial decision frameworks to assess alternative options for managing natural resources and the environment.
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Julian M. Alston • Matthew A. Andersen Jennifer S. James • Philip G. Pardey
Persistence Pays U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R&D Spending
Julian M. Alston Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of California, Davis 1 Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616-8512 USA [email protected]
Matthew A. Andersen Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics University of Wyoming 1000 E. University Avenue Laramie, WY 82071 USA [email protected]
Jennifer S. James Department of Agribusiness California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 USA [email protected]
Philip G. Pardey Department of Applied Economics University of Minnesota 1994 Buford Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-0657-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0658-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0658-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009941307 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodo
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