Intellectual Property, Growth and Trade

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-444-52764-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 782 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 995 g

Reihe: Frontiers of Economics and Globalisation

Knowledge about the issues in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) would be greatly enhanced by a series of new papers that would consider various aspects of IPRs in the global economy from analytical and empirical perspectives. That is the motivation for this volume. It brings together fresh insights from top economists in the areas of information technology, trade, investment, agriculture, medicine, firm behavior, and development.
The articles in part one set the stage for the ensuing analysis by providing the reader a roadmap of the essential issues and economic and social tradeoffs. They discuss in depth the international policy regime.
The contributions in part two review and explain the major findings in empirical analysis of how information is traded internationally and the role of IPRs in facilitating or hindering such trade. The articles in part three consider the important theoretical contributions to how IPRs affect economic behavior in the global economy.
The articles in part four place IPRs into the context of firm-level behavior as regards diffusion, innovation, pricing, and competition. The contributions in part five take an in-depth look at the issues arising in protection of IPRs as they affect the provision of public goods and influence prospects for economic development.

- Brings together fresh insights from top economists.
- Considers various aspects of IPRs in the global economy from analytical and empirical perspectives.
- Areas covered include information technology, trade, investment, agriculture, medicine, firm behavior, and development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maskus, Keith E.

Maskus, K. E.

Beladi, Hamid

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Overview of IPRs, Policy Debates, and Institutions

Part Two: Empirical Analysis of IPRs and Technology

Part Three: Theoretical Perspectives on International Protection

Part Four: Market Behavior

Part Five: IPRs, Public Goods, and Development

Über Autor(innen)

Keith E. Maskus is Professor of Economics and Associate Dean for Social Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He has been a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group at the World Bank. He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for International Economics, a Fellow at the Kiel Institute for World Economics, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Adelaide. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Adelaide and the University of Bocconi, and a visiting scholar at the CES-Ifo Institute at the University of Munich and the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University. He serves also as a consultant for the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Maskus received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan in 1981 and has written extensively about various aspects of international trade. His current research focuses on the international economic aspects of protecting intellectual property rights.