Privatization, Public R&D Policy, and Private R&D Investment in China's Agriculture
| dc.creator | Hu, Ruifa | |
| dc.creator | Liang, Qin | |
| dc.creator | Pray, Carl E. | |
| dc.creator | Huang, Jikun | |
| dc.creator | Jin, Yanhong H. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:27:59Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T05:49:05Z | |
| dc.description | Private R&D is a major source of innovation and productivity growth in agriculture worldwide. This paper examines trends and determinants of agricultural R&D in China. Results show that while the public sector monopolized agricultural research until recently, private agricultural R&D has grown rapidly since 2000, driven largely by agribusiness privatization. Public-sector R&D investments in basic research also encouraged private R&D research, but public investments in technology development crowded out private R&D investment. China’s private R&D investment would grow more rapidly if the government shifted public resources from technology development to basic research. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.117213 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/117213/files/JARE_Aug2011__12_pp416-432_Hu.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/117213 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/568742 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/117213 | |
| dc.title | Privatization, Public R&D Policy, and Private R&D Investment in China's Agriculture | |
| dc.type | Text |
