Rejecting New Technology: The Case of Genetically Modified Wheat
分析加拿大严格的小麦品种监管如何导致孟山都放弃转基因小麦，使北美损失大量经济租金，适合关注农业政策与技术创新关系的读者。
Canada has stringent regulations covering the release of new wheat varieties, but the United States has virtually no regulations in this area. Monsanto Co. developed genetically modified (GM) spring wheat for North America, and made a commitment to the U.S. industry to release this new technology simultaneously in both Canada and the United States, or not at all. The Canadian regulatory bias against new varieties acted as a veto against GM wheat and caused Monsanto to shelve the technology in both countries in 2004. Substantial economic rents were foregone in North America due to the rejection of this new technology.