Edwin Lai, () (Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong) Larry D. Qiu (Department of economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
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We build a multi-sectoral North-South trade model to analyze international intellectual property rights (IPR) protection. By comparing the Nash equilibrium IPR protection standard of the South (the developing countries) with that of the North (the developed countries), we find that the former is naturally weaker than the latter. Moreover, we show that both regions can gain from an agreement that requires the South to harmonize its IPR standards with those of the North, and the North to liberalize its traditional goods market. This demonstrates the merits of multi-sectoral negotiations in the GATT/WTO.
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Paper provided by East Asian Bureau of Economic Research in its series Trade Working Papers with number
203.
Length: 32 pages Date of creation: Oct 2002 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:eab:tradew:203
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Find related papers by JEL classification: F1 - International Economics - - Trade O31 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives O34 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Intellectual Property Rights
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