Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture
Organized by Petra Moser
Supported by the US Department of Agriculture
May 17, 2019
Newseum, 8th Floor, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Thursday, November 8
10:45 am

Quantifying Heterogeneous Returns to Genetic Selection: Evidence from Wisconsin Dairies (slides)

Jared P. Hutchins, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brent Hueth, USDA Economic Research Service
Guilherme Rosa, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Friday, May 17
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

The Location of Public Agricultural Research Facilities and the Rate and Direction of Agricultural Innovation

Michael J. Andrews, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Discussant:
Bhaven N. Sampat, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
9:45 am

Academic Engagement, Commercialization, and Scholarship: Empirical Evidence from Agricultural and Life Scientists at US Land Grant

Bradford L. Barham, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jeremy D. Foltz, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Ana Paula. Melo, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Discussant:
Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Exploring the Causes Driving Hybrid Corn Adoption from 1933 to 1955

Keith Meyers, University of Southern Denmark
Paul Rhode, University of Michigan and NBER

Discussant:
Michael J. Roberts, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
11:45 am

The Roots of Agricultural Innovation: Evidence from Patents

Matthew S. Clancy, Open Philanthropy
GianCarlo Moschini, Iowa State University
Paul Heisey, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Discussant:
Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
Key Note Speaker
Charles Jones, Stanford University and NBER
2:00 pm

Water Prices, Water Markets, and Incentives to Adopt Agricultural Technology

Ellen M. Bruno, University of California, Berkeley
Katrina Jessoe, University of California, Davis

Discussant:
Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER
2:45 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Quantifying Heterogeneous Returns to Genetic Selection: Evidence from Wisconsin Dairies

Jared P. Hutchins, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brent Hueth, USDA Economic Research Service
Guilherme Rosa, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Discussant:
Paul Scott, New York University
4:00 pm

Venture Capital and the Transformation of Private R&D for Agriculture and Food

Gregory D. Graff, Colorado State University
David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Michael Ewens, Columbia University and NBER
4:45 pm
Adjourn