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Corporate taxes and the location of intellectual property

Griffith, Rachel; Miller, Helen; O'Connell, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The literature suggests that tax rates on mobile activities should fall to zero. Intellectual property is very mobile … and has grown in importance. Firms can use intellectual property to shift income offshore and reduce their corporate … income tax liability. Yet most intellectual property is held in relatively high tax countries. We estimate the impact of …

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The quality factor in patent systems

van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper develops a methodology to compare the quality of examination services across patent offices. Quality is defined as the extent to which patent offices comply with their patentability conditions in a transparent way. The methodology consists of a two-layer analytical framework...

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Returns to Inventors

Toivanen, Otto; Väänänen, Lotta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

A key input to inventive activity is human capital. Hence it is important to understand the monetary incentives of inventors. We estimate the effect of patented inventions on individual earnings by linking data on U.S. patents and their inventors to Finnish employer-employee data. Returns are...

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Patents in a Model of Endogenous Growth

O'Donoghue, Edward; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

This paper examines patent protection in an endogenous-growth model. Our aim is two-fold. First, we show how the patent policies discussed by the recent patent-design literature can influence R&D in the endogenous-growth framework, where the role of patents has been largely ignored. Second, we...

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Matching Demand and Supply in a Weightless Economy: Market-Driven Creativity With and Without IPRs

Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

inefficiency in intellectual property (IP) protection to incentivize the creation and distribution of intellectual assets. This …

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To What Extent Should Less-Developed Countries Enforce Intellectual Property?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper discusses a number of issues in the context of the debate on intellectual property in less developed …

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Financing and the Protection of Innovators

Llobet, Gerard; Suarez, Javier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The protection that innovators obtain through intellectual property rights crucially depends on their incentives and …

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Damages and Injunctions in Protecting Proprietary Research Tools

Schankerman, Mark; Scotchmer, Suzanne - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We investigate how liability rules and property rules affect the incentives to invest in research tools. We argue that … patentholder better than lost royalty. Both can be superior to a property rule (the right to enjoin infringement), depending on how …

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Piracy Prevention and the Pricing of Information Goods

Cremer, Helmuth; Pestieau, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper develops a simple model of piracy to analyze its effects on prices and welfare and to study the optimal enforcement policy. A monopolist produces an information good (involving a 'large' development cost and a 'small' reproduction cost) that is sold to two groups of consumers...

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Investments in Pharmaceuticals Before and After TRIPS

Kyle, Margaret K; McGahan, Anita M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

treatments. The TRIPS Agreement, which specifies minimum levels of intellectual property protection for countries in the World …

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