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Intellectual Property Rights, Clean Technology, and Public Policy: A Strategic Analysis

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  • Urpelainen, Johannes

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Clean technology can help states mitigate climate change, and intellectual property rights (IPR) influence the development and adoption of clean technology. While previous research recognizes the importance of IPR rules, it does not investigate how IPR rules influence the political incentives of states to support clean technology innovation. My formal analysis suggests that if a state is very interested in the public benefits of clean technology, such as improved environmental quality, stronger IPR rules may decrease technology innovation. With regard to practical policy implementation, the formal analysis indicates that (i) technology adoption subsidies should be negotiated in conjunction with IPR rules and (ii) a consideration of state incentives may alleviate the acrimonious North–South distributional conflict on IPR rules for clean technology. More broadly, I contribute to the literature on clean technology and climate policy by providing a unified analysis of state and company incentives.

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  • Urpelainen, Johannes, 2012. "Intellectual Property Rights, Clean Technology, and Public Policy: A Strategic Analysis," Strategic Behavior and the Environment, now publishers, vol. 2(2), pages 173-191, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:jnlsbe:102.00000015
    DOI: 10.1561/102.00000015
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    Keywords

    Environmental policy; Climate policy; Intellectual property rights; Clean technology; Innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • F55 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Institutional Arrangements
    • O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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