Moschini, Giancarlo

Tariffication with supply management : the case of the U.S.-Canadian chicken trade by Giancarlo Moschini ( Book )
1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 6 libraries worldwide

Genetically modified food and global welfare ( Book )
1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide

Geographical indications and the competitive provision of quality in agricultural markets by Giancarlo Moschini ( Book )
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide
The economics of geographical indications (GIs) is assessed within a vertical product differentiation framework that is consistent with the competitive structure of the agricultural sector with free entry/exit. It is assumed that certification costs are needed for GIs to serve as (collective) credible quality certification devices, and production of high-quality product is endogenously determined. We find that GIs can support a competitive provision of quality that partly overcomes the market failure and leads to clear welfare gains, although they fall short of delivering the (constrained) first-best level of the high-quality good. The main beneficiaries of the welfare gains are consumers. Producers may also accrue some benefit if the production of high-quality products draws on scarce factors that they own.

Biotechnology and the development of food markets : retrospect and prospects by Giancarlo Moschini ( Book )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide
Biotechnology has had an important impact on the agricultural and food industries over the last twelve years by way of fast and extensive adoption of a few genetically modified (GM) crops. This has produced large efficiency gains, including higher yields and reduced costs of weed and pest control, as well as some environmental benefits. The expected development of crops with additional agronomic traits, and with output traits to improve the nutrition and health attributes of food products, holds the potential for even more pervasive impacts. Full realisation [i.e., realization] of such promises may require overcoming the constraining effects of restrictive GM product regulations.

Vertical product differentiation, entry-deterrence strategies, and entry qualities by Yong-Hwan Noh ( Book )
3 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

Intellectual property rights and crop-improving R&D under adaptive destruction by Oleg Yerokhin ( Book )
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide
This paper studies how the strength of intellectual property rights (IPRs) affects investments in biological innovations when the value of an innovation is stochastically reduced to zero because of the evolution of pest resistance. We frame the problem as a research and development (R&D) investment game in a duopoly model of sequential innovation. We characterize the incentives to invest in R&D under two competing IPR regimes, which differ in their treatment of the follow-on innovations that become necessary because of pest adaptation. Depending on the magnitude of the R&D cost, ex ante firms might prefer an intellectual property regime with or without a "research exemption" provision. The study of the welfare function that also accounts for benefit spillovers to consumers -- which is possible analytically under some parametric conditions, and numerically otherwise -- shows that the ranking of the two IPR regimes depends critically on the extent of the R&D cost.

U.S. universities' net returns from patenting and licensing : a quantile regression analysis by Harun Bulut ( Book )
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

On the segregation of genetically modified, conventional, and organic products in European agriculture : a multi-market equilibrium analysis by Giancarlo Moschini ( Book )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

Testing for constant hedge ratios in commodity markets : a multivariate GARCH approach by Giancarlo Moschini ( Book )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

Determinants of world demand for U.S. corn seeds : the role of trade costs by Sampath Jayasinghe ( Book )
2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide
The United States is a large net exporter of corn seeds. Seed trade, including that of corn, has been expanding, but its determinants are not well understood. This paper econometrically investigates the determinants of world demand for U.S. corn seeds with a detailed analysis of trade costs impeding export flows to various markets, including costs associated with distance, tariffs, and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regulations. The analysis relies on a gravity-like model based on an explicit specification of derived demand for seed by foreign corn producers, estimated based on data from 48 countries and for the years 1989 to 2004. An SPS count variable is incorporated as a shifter in the unit cost of seeds faced by foreign users. A sample selection framework is used to account for the determination of which trade flows are positive. All trade costs matter and have had a negative impact on U.S. corn seed exports. Tariffs matter most, followed by distance and SPS measures