Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy (Natural Resource Management and Policy)

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