Citation:

Chapter 5. RE Evenson. 1996. The economic principles of research resource allocation. Pages 73-90. In: RE Evenson, RW Herdt, M Hossain. 1996. Rice Research in Asia: Progress and Priorities. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon OX108DE, UK and International Rice Research Institute, PO Box 933, 1099 Manila, Philippines. 405 pages.

Keywords: rice Oryza sativa, basic economic rules, simple cost minimization, profit maximization, aggregate conditions for economic efficiency, invention production functions, multi-research problem area, multi-organization model, comparative advantage, rice research and economic modelling, computation of marginal products