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Evaluating Privately Funded Public Research: An Example With Poultry And Eggs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Stephen Martinez
Affiliation:
North Carolina State University
George W. Norton
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Abstract

A procedure is described for evaluating poultry and egg research projects. A peer review questionnaire and benefit-cost analysis are utilized incorporating elasticities from an econometric model for poultry and eggs. Production, cost, and price changes are used to calculate changes in producer surplus and net economic surplus for a set of privately funded publicly conducted research projects.

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Submitted Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1986

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