@article{Butler:125548,
      recid = {125548},
      author = {Butler, Leslie J. and Henriques, Irene},
      title = {Adoption and Diffusion of Biotechnology: rbST in  California},
      address = {2001-01},
      number = {412-2016-25891},
      pages = {13},
      year = {2001},
      abstract = {The problem of projecting future use patterns of  agricultural biotechnology
products in order to evaluate  their potential for development and commercialization is
a  challenging proposition for economists. While many have  attempted ex ante
methods of projecting adoption and  diffusion rates, very few have tested their ex ante
results  after the fact. In this paper, we use the results of a  continuous survey of
California dairy producers ex post to  test the predictions of an ex ante study of
adoption of  recombinant bovine Somatotropin (rbST) carried out using  data 4-7 years
prior to the availability of the new  technology.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/125548},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.125548},
}