Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy

Abstract

Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Introduction and Overview.- Agricultural Biotechnology in the Context of a Regulated Agricultural Sector.- Economic Analysis and Regulating Pesticide Biotechnology at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.- Compliance Costs for Regulatory Approval of New Biotech Crops.- Regulation of Technology in the Context of U.S. Agricultural Policy.- Managing Liabilities Arising from Agricultural Biotechnology.- Status of Agricultural Biotechnology: An International Perspective.- Interactions Between Trade Policies and GM Food Regulations.- The Value of Non-Pecuniary Characteristics of Crop Biotechnologies: A New Look at the Evidence.- Bt Corn's Reduction of Mycotoxins: Regulatory Decisions and Public Opinion.- Consumer Attitudes and Market Resistance to Biotech Products.- Comparison of Consumer Responses to Genetically Modified Foods in Asia, North America, and Europe.- Conceptual Issues in Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology.- The Economics of Biotechnology Regulation.- Labeling Regulations and Segregation of First- and Second-Generation GM Products: Innovation Incentives and Welfare Effects.- Regulation of Technology in the Context of Risk Generation.- Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops: Differentiated Risk Assessment and Management.- Irreversibility, Uncertainty, and the Adoption of Transgenic Crops: Experiences from Applications to HT Sugar Beets, HT Corn, and Bt Corn.- Anticompetitive Impacts of Laws that Regulate Commercial Use of Agricultural Biotechnologies in the United States.- Regulation, Trade, and Market Power: Agricultural Chemical Markets and Incentives for Biotechnology.- Regulation and the Structure of Biotechnology Industries.- The Social Welfare Implications of Intellectual Property Protection: Imitation and Going Off Patent.- Case Studies on the Economics of Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology.- International Approval and Labeling Regulations of Genetically Modified Food in Major Trading Countries.- Benefits and Costs of Biosafety Regulation in India and China.- Biosafety Regulation of Genetically Modified Orphan Crops in Developing Countries: A Way Forward.- Bt Resistance Management: The Economics of Refuges.- Managing European Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Corn with Dynamic Refuges.- Farmer Demand for Corn Rootworm Bt Corn: Do Insect Resistance Management Guidelines Really Matter?.- Adverse Selection, Moral Hazard, and Grower Compliance with Bt Corn Refuge.- Damage from Secondary Pests and the Need for Refuge in China.- Regulation of Biotechnology for Field Crops.- Regulation of Transgenic Crops Intended for Pharmaceutical and Industrial Uses.- Regulation of Biotechnology for Forestry Products.- Regulation of Biotechnology for Specialty Crops.- Conclusions.- What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go from Here?.