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International Patenting, Patent Rights, and Technology Gaps

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  • Walter Park

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International patenting activity is a source of international technology diffusion. However, technology diffuses imperfectly and technology gaps exist between nations. Indeed patenting activity is largely concentrated in developed countries. A gap also exists in patent protection levels across countries, being weak in largely developing countries. Hence this paper studies the extent to which the strengthening and harmonization of patent rights would stimulate international patenting and help narrow technology gaps. International total factor productivity (TFP) differences are used as measures of technology gaps. The paper develops and estimates a model of international patenting and TFP behavior using a panel data set of 44 countries, developed and developing, over the period 1975 - 2005. Of these countries, 25 of them will serve as ‘source countries’ (i.e., the source of technologies). Overall, however, the paper finds that international patent reforms (even those that involve major regime changes) have relatively modest effects on the technology gap between developed and developing nations.

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  • Walter Park, 2013. "International Patenting, Patent Rights, and Technology Gaps," Review of Economics and Institutions, Università di Perugia, vol. 4(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:pia:review:v:4:y:2013:i:1:n:3
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    Cited by:

    1. Aparna Sharma & Ruchi Sharma & Sidheswar Panda, 2022. "The role of technological capabilities and gap in the cross-country patenting: an empirical investigation," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 1-27, February.
    2. Di Fan & Long Zhao, 2023. "The role of business locations in international patenting," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 139(1), pages 43-69, June.
    3. Asid, Rozilee & khalifah, noor, 2016. "The Effects of Foreign R&D and Triadic Patent Propensity on Developing Economies Efficiency and Convergence," Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, vol. 50(2), pages 107-124.
    4. Asid, Rozilee & khalifah, noor & Mohd Nor, Abu Hassan Shaari & Sarmidi, Tamat, 2017. "Capital Goods Export to Developing Economies: Implication from Exporter’s Level of Technology and Destination Country’s Threat of Imitation," Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, vol. 51(2), pages 85-102.
    5. Yi Qian, 2010. "Are National Patent Laws the Blossoming Rain?," NBER Working Papers 16295, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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    Keywords

    international technology diffusion; patents; intellectual property rights; total factor productivity; and developing economies;
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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
    • O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth

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