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Do Stronger Patent Rights Raise High-Tech Exports To The Developing World?, Olena Ivus
Do Stronger Patent Rights Raise High-Tech Exports To The Developing World?, Olena Ivus
Olena Ivus
Despite over 20 years of debate, the TRIPs agreement remains very contentious. This paper evaluates the impact of strengthening patent rights (PRs) in developing countries on developed countries' exports over the 1962–2000 period. Colonial origin is used to isolate exogenous variation in PRs. The impact is then identified by examining the cross-industry difference in sensitivity to PRs. I find that the increase in PRs made in response to the TRIPs agreement added about $35 billion (2000 US dollars) to the value of developed countries' patent-sensitive exports into 18 developing countries. This amount is equivalent to an 8.6% increase in these …
Book Review Of Universities And Copyright Collecting Societies, Benjamin J. Keele
Book Review Of Universities And Copyright Collecting Societies, Benjamin J. Keele
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