On the trade, growth, and welfare effects of intellectual property rights protection.

To examine how intellectual property rights protection affects trade, growth, and welfare, I develop a two‐country R&D‐based growth model in which final goods firms in both countries determine the range of imported varieties in the overall use of intermediate inputs. I show that strengthening patent...

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Published in:	Southern Economic Journal Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 235 - 255
Main Author:	Saito, Yuki
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul2018
Subjects:	Economic development Intellectual property International trade Econometric models Patents
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