Accessibility navigation


Modelling economic returns to plant variety protection in the UK

Srinivasan, C. (2012) Modelling economic returns to plant variety protection in the UK. Bio-based and Applied Economics, 1 (2). pp. 151-174. ISSN ISSN 2280-6172

[img]
Preview
Text - Published Version
· Please see our End User Agreement before downloading.

568kB

It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing.

Abstract/Summary

This paper attempts an empirical assessment of the incentive effects of plant variety protection regimes in the generation of crop variety innovations. A duration model of plant variety protection certificates is used to infer the private appropriability of returns from agricultural crop variety innovations in the UK over the period 1965-2000. The results suggest that plant variety protection provides only modest appropriability of returns to innovators of agricultural crop varieties. The value distribution of plant variety protection certificates is highly skewed with a large proportion of innovations providing virtually no returns to innovators. Increasing competition from newer varieties appears to have accelerated the turnover of varieties reducing appropriability further. Plant variety protection emerges as a relatively weak instrument of protection.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
ID Code:28410
Uncontrolled Keywords:Intellectual Property Rights, Plant Variety Protection, Appropriability, Economic returns
Additional Information:Acceptance subject to minor revisions which have been made and resubmitted.
Publisher:Firenze University Press

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

University Staff: Request a correction | Centaur Editors: Update this record

Page navigation