Intellectual property rights and North-South trade: Exports vs. foreign direct investment

Artikel

This paper examines whether a Northern firm prefers to export or to engage in FDI to serve the South. If the firm engages in FDI, its technology is imitated, and a Southern firm enters the market that may sell in both markets. The Northern firm may invest to prevent product piracy in the North. The two markets may have different sizes. We find that when the cost of preventing product piracy in the North is great enough: (i) If the Southern market is large enough the Northern firm engages in FDI, allowing piracy in its home market, and the South obtains the greater welfare; (ii) If the Southern market is small enough the Northern firm exports and the government of the South imposes a strong Intellectual Property Rights protection, attracting the Northern firm and improving the welfare of both countries.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Derechos de propiedad intelectual y comercio Norte-Sur
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Estudios de Economía ; ISSN: 0718-5286 ; Volume: 49 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 145-173

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
• Thema: Foreign direct investment ; intellectual property rights (IPR) ; NorthSouth trade ; imperfect competition

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Dong, Quan ; Bárcena Ruiz, Juan Carlos ; Garzón, Maria Begoña
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía
• (wo): Santiago de Chile
• (wann): 2022

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/285097
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ