Research
Wright's research interests include economics of markets for storable commodities, commodity prices, market stabilization, agricultural policy, invention incentives, intellectual property rights, the economics of research and development, and the economics of conservation and innovation of genetic resources. He has also published in public finance and on sovereign debt. He co-authored or co-edited several books, including Storage and Commodity Markets; Reforming Agricultural Commodity Policy; Saving Seeds: The Economics of Conserving Genetic Resources at the CGIAR Centers, and Accessing Biodiversity and Sharing the Benefits: Lessons from Implementing the Convention on Biodiversity. He has published extensively in the leading journals in Economics and Agricultural Economics, including four of the top five economics journals. In addition, he has co-authored articles in Nature, Nature Biotechnology, The Handbook of Plant Biotechnology, and Crop Science.