IPR protection strength and the market for knowledge
The world of today is called information society. This means, that information, knowledge and achievements of the intellect are gaining in importance in production over the more conventional factors of production like labour or capital. Who has the knowledge and the know-how, also has the advantage...
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| Dokumentumtípus: | Könyv része |
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2009
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| Sorozat: | SZTE Gazdaságtudományi Kar közleményei
Regional competitiveness, innovation and environment |
| Kulcsszavak: | Szellemi alkotások joga - nemzetközi, Kereskedelem - nemzetközi |
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| Online Access: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/36133 |
| Tartalmi kivonat: | The world of today is called information society. This means, that information, knowledge and achievements of the intellect are gaining in importance in production over the more conventional factors of production like labour or capital. Who has the knowledge and the know-how, also has the advantage in competition. Knowledge or intellectual products have, however, characteristics of a common good, which preclude its trade, and hinders specialisation in its production. Knowledge is common good inasmuch as there is no rivalry in its use, and also no natural excludability. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are an artificial way to at least partial excludability which can – beside encouraging innovation – render intellectual products tradable. In this paper I am going to focus on the trade related aspects of intellectual property rights from an institutional economics point of view. I intend to explore the relationship between tradability as determined by the strength of the actual IPR regime and the intensity of trade in intellectual properties across countries. I am exploring the theoretical basis for the relationship between international mobility of intellectual products and the country’s IPR regime. Based on models and cross-country empirical data the strength of intellectual property rights does influence the magnitude of trade of intellectual products between countries. My hypothesis is, that when a country’s IPR regime becomes stricter relatively to its trading partners, this facilitates the inflow of knowledge to the country. This is the technology transfer that can help developing countries to grow. |
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| Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők: | 183-197 |
| ISSN: | 1588-8533 |