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The Economics of Managing Biotechnologies

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Editors:
  1. Timothy Swanson

    1. Department of Economics and School of Law, University College London, UK

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Part of the book series: Economy & Environment (ECEN, volume 22)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  3. Managing Technology: The Economics of Managing Technological Developments

    1. On the Economic Limits to Technological Potential: Will Industry Resolve the Resistance Problem?

      • Timo Goeschl, Timothy Swanson
      Pages 99-128

    2. Providing the Correct Incentives for Genetic Modification

      • Lucy O’shea, Alistair Ulph
      Pages 129-143

    3. Decision Making under Temporal Uncertainty and Irreversibility: Benchmark Values for the Release of Transgenic Crops in the EU

      • Justus Wesseler
      Pages 145-156

  4. Managing Biology: The Economics of Managing Biological Resistance

    1. Managing Pest Resistance: Timing the Initiation of Refuge Areas

      • Ramanan Laxminarayan, R. David Simpson
      Pages 159-169

    2. Managing the Risk of European Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Corn

      • Terrance M. Hurley, Silvia Secchi, Bruce A. Babcock, Rick Hellmich
      Pages 171-193

  5. Managing Industry: The Economics of Managing Industrial Impacts

    1. Monopolisation and the Regulation of Genetically Modified Crops: An Economic Model

      • Alistair Munro
      Pages 197-217

    2. The Diffusion of Benefits from Biotechnological Developments: The Impact of Use Restrictions on the Distribution of Benefits

      • Timo Goeschl, Timothy Swanson
      Pages 219-248

  6. Policy Conclusions

    1. Plants and Biotechnologies

      • Philip J. Dale
      Pages 251-254

    2. Regulatory Harmony — Who’s Calling the Tune?

      • Tom Crompton, George T. Tzotzos
      Pages 255-274
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About this book

The advent of new biotechnologies implies significant changes in the world, both biologically and industrially. Biologically, these new technologies represent changes on a scale never before witnessed in the context of evolutionary systems. How these systems will respond to these changes is uncertain and potentially very significant. The first part of this volume addresses these issues in a series of chapters considering the manner in which societies might analyse and manage these systemic responses to biotechnological changes.

The second part of the volume addresses the industrial issues concerning biotechnologies. One of the primary motivations for these changes is to enhance the appropriability of the value of innovation occurring within the life sciences sectors. Changing to a property rights-based system of biotechnology has implications for the nature of research and development within these sectors, and the diffusion and distribution of its benefits across the globe. Another set of chapters in this volume sets out a framework for considering these important industrial issues.

The volume is the outcome of a two-year project on the economics of managing biotechnologies in agriculture. It is recommended to academics and policy makers interested in the issues concerning society's options in the management of this process of technological change.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics and School of Law, University College London, UK

    Timothy Swanson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economics of Managing Biotechnologies

  • Editors: Timothy Swanson

  • Series Title: Economy & Environment

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47659-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0499-5Published: 31 March 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-3950-4Published: 03 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47659-4Published: 11 April 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0924-1019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 276

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Environmental Economics, Nature Conservation, Economic Growth, Agricultural Economics

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