Projects Funded for Brian Wright

2022-2023

United States Crop Yield Growth: A Preliminary Investigation

Brian Wright

2013-2014

Aware of Their Surroundings: Do Farmers Self Regulate Their Pollution Contributions?

Brian Wright

Abstract

Specific Objectives of the Project
- Determine whether farmers self-regulate fumigants during periods of elevated ozone, relating this to the efficacy of “Spare the Air” days.
- Provided they self-regulate, determine the extent to which they do so, and whether the presence of “Spare the Air” days in a county affect their decisions.

Project Report/Summary of Results
- Although preliminary testing during the proposal stage indicated significant fumigant reductions due to elevated ozone, the effect has been identified as an artifact of existing month-dependent agricultural regulations. After controlling for months of the year, the effect becomes non-significant with magnitude zero.

2010-2011

Consumer Search and Quality Disclosure: Revisiting Evidence from Restaurant Hygiene

Brian Wright

Abstract

In a number of markets, transportation costs shape consumer behavior, leading firms to choose price and quality based on the decisions of nearby competitors. The theoretical literature on this kind of differentiation has shown that nearly any outcome can be generated by a model built upon reasonable assumptions (see Fisher, 1991 and Sutton, 1990), yet, simultaneity in firm choices makes it empirically difficult to estimate the effect of distance on firm choices. Using exogenous variation provided by the 1998 introduction of hygiene grade cards for restaurants in Los Angeles County, I investigate how the extent of product differentiation affects quality provision when only a portion of the market is regulated. I find evidence that unregulated firms improve hygiene more when they are located near regulated competitors.

2009-2010

Commercial Utilization and Knowledge Dissemination of Agricultural-Related Inventions of University of California

Brian Wright

2008-2009

Modeling Cash Rent Markets for Agricultural Land

Brian Wright

2006-2007

Does Patent Protection Lead to More and Faster Development of University Innovation? Evidence from Management of Ag-biotech Inventions by UC TTO

Brian Wright

2005-2006

Exploring the University's Investment in 'At-Risk' Patenting: Public Institutions Assuming Risk Where the Private Sector Has Not

Brian Wright

2004-2005

The Impacts of Intellectual Property Protection of Research Tools on Freedom to Operate in Agricultural Biotechnology at the University of California

Brian Wright

2002-2003

The Role of Compulsory Licensing and GURTS in Facilitating Public-Private Collaboration in Innovation for California Specialty Crop

Brian Wright

2001-2002

Intellectual Property Provisions in Public Private Partnerships in Agriculture Biotechnology

Brian Wright

2000-2001

Solutions for Intellectual-Property and Technology Market Failures in Agricultural Biotechnologies: The Market Expanding Role of Information in the Internet Economy

Brian Wright

Public-Private Partnerships and Proprietary Agricultural Biotechnology

Brian Wright and Eran Binenbaum

1998-1999

Managing Genetic Diversity of Monterey Pine in Light of Pitch Canker

Brian Wright