1995
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5150(95)01138-b
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Returns from research in economies with policy distortions: hybrid sorghum in Sudan

Abstract: Conventional estimates of the economic return to agricultural research use market prices for the values of products and inputs; on this basis, economic rates of return are typically well above the cost of capital, suggesting that more investment in research would be socially desirable. But these estimates may be incorrect if, as is often the case, market prices are distorted by market failures or government policies and hence do not reflect social values.This paper presents a simple, partial-equilibrium method… Show more

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