Biodiversity and Optimal Policies Towards R&D and the Growth of Genetically Modified Crops

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Alistair Ulph (amu@soton.ac.uk) and Lucy O'Shea

Environmental & Resource Economics, 2002, vol. 22, issue 4, 505-520

Abstract: In this paper we provide a simple model illustrating the possible nature ofgovernment policy with regards to genetic modification, taking into accountits impact on the environment. We show that it is necessary not only tointervene in the growing of crops, but also to intervene in R&D througha tax on the adoption of new GM technology. Without intervention at bothlevels, both the cultivation of GM crops and the rate of innovation in GM willexceed their socially optimal levels. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002

Keywords: biodiversity; crops; optimal R&D (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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