Persistence Pays U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R&D Spending /

• Main Authors: Alston, Julian M. (Author), Andersen, Matthew A. (Author), James, Jennifer S. (Author), Pardey, Philip G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy ; 34
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Economic Policy.; R & D/Technology Policy.

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 and of the public institutions and investments...

Table of Contents:

• CONTEXT
• A Brief History of U.S. Agriculture
• INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND PRODUCTIVITY
• Agricultural Inputs
• Agricultural Outputs
• Agricultural Productivity Patterns
• AGRICULTURAL R&D FUNDING AND POLICIES
• Research Funding and Performance
• The Federal Role
• MODELS OF R&D AND PRODUCTIVITY
• Research Lags and Spillovers
• Models of Research and Productivity
• Econometric Estimation and Results
• Productivity Patterns and Research Benefits
• INTERPRETATION AND SYNTHESIS
• Interpretation and Assessment of Benefit-Cost Findings
• Synthesis.