Yin Xia received a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University in 2002 and joined the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Missouri-Columbia as an assistant professor the same year.  She participates in the Economics and Management of Agrobiotechnology Center (EMAC) in the Department.

Her research focuses on the economics of R&D and innovation, science and technology policy, R&D management and industrial organization, and intellectual property rights, especially in agricultural biotechnology. She also is interested in technological change and productivity growth in agriculture and food manufacturing. Current research topics include an econometric analysis of information flows between basic bioscience and applied biotechnology, and a welfare examination of universities’ patenting and licensing activities.

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