@article{Ambec:157448,
      recid = {157448},
      author = {Ambec, Stefan and Lemarie, Stephane},
      title = {Economic impact of farming innovations: Arbitration  between hybrid and inbred line in the seed sector  Arbitration between hybrid and inbred line in the seed  sector},
      journal = {INRA Sciences Sociales},
      address = {2006-11},
      number = {910-2016-71765},
      series = {ISS},
      pages = {6},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {Innovations concerning crop seeds essentially stem from  private research. Seed companies may appropriate a larger  part of
the economic profits from innovation by choosing to  create hybrid seeds rather than inbred line seeds. Yet this  technological
choice also has an impact in terms of  efficiency since production costs differ according to the  type of seed. This text surveys research work in which we  show that, from an economic viewpoint, in some cases,  firms’ technological choices may entail a
loss. We also  show that this loss is reduced by implementing a tax on  on-farm-produced seeds from inbred-line seeds, like  the
“contribution volontaire obligatoire” (compulsory  voluntary contribution) (CVC) in the case of wheat in  France.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/157448},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.157448},
}