Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture.

• Position: Conferences

An NBER conference on the Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture took place May 17 in Washington, DC. Research Associate Petra Moser of New York University organized the meeting, which was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Bradford L. Barham, Jeremy D. Foltz, and Ana Paula Melo, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Academic Engagement, Commercialization, and Scholarship: Empirical Evidence from Agricultural and Life Scientists at U.S. Land Grant Universities"

* Ellen M. Bruno, University of California, Berkeley, and Katrina Jessoe, University of California, Davis, "Water Prices, Water Markets, and Incentives to Adopt Agricultural Technology"

* Jared P. Hutchins, Brent Hueth, and Guilherme Rosa, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Quantifying Heterogeneous Returns to Genetic Selection: Evidence from Wisconsin Dairies"

* Michael J. Andrews, NBER, "The Location of Public Agricultural Research...