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Social Rates of Return and Other Aspects of Agricultural Research: The Case of Cotton Research in São Paulo, Brazil
Author(s) -
Ayer Harry W.,
Schuh G. Edward
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238532
Subject(s) - earnings , agricultural economics , agriculture , wage , rate of return , internal rate of return , economics , social benefits , business , agricultural science , production (economics) , labour economics , geography , finance , quality (philosophy) , environmental science , archaeology , macroeconomics , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract Economic impacts of investments in cotton seed research and development in São Paulo, Brazil, are estimated. The internal rate of return to Brazilian society is estimated to have been approximately 90 percent. The effect on export earnings was large, and consumers benefited via a decrease in the price and an increase in the quantity of cotton cloth. Of total net benefits producers captured about 60 percent and consumers 40 percent. Landowners and managers received the largest share of producer benefits. Laborers benefited through an increase in employment, but wage rates were not raised. Policy implications are given.