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The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Treaties
Scotchmer, Suzanne - 2021
Intellectual property treaties have two main types of provisions: national treatment of foreign inventors, and harmonization of protections. I address the positive question of when countries would want to treat foreign inventors the same as domestic inventors, and how their incentive to do so...
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Intellectual Property Rights and North-South Trade
Chin, Judith C.; Grossman, Gene M. - 2021
We study the incentive that a government in the South has to protect the intellectual property rights of Northern firms, and the consequences of the decision taken by the South for welfare in the North and for efficiency of the world equilibrium. We conduct our analysis in the context of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218112
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Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Innovation : Evidence from Trips
Kyle, Margaret K. - 2015
protection within a specified time period as part of the TRIPS Agreement. However, members retained the right to impose price … product level, selection into TRIPS "treatment" is exogenously determined by compliance deadlines that vary across countries … discrimination across countries has increased for drugs patented post-TRIPS and prices are negatively related to the burden of …
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How Did the Dollar Peg Fail in Asia?
Itō, Takatoshi; Ogawa, Eiji; Sasaki, Yuri Nagataki - 2021
In this paper we have constructed a theoretical model in which Asian firms maximize their profit, competing with Japanese and US firms in their markets. The duopoly model is used to determine export prices and volumes in response to the exchange rate fluctuations vis-...-vis the Japanese yen and...
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Beyond Goods and Services : Competition Policy, Investment, Mutual Recognition, Movement of Persons, and Broader Cooperation Provisions of Recent Ftas Involving ASEAN Countries
Dayaratna Banda, O. G.; Whalley, John - 2021
We discuss recent bilateral, regional, and country trade, partnership, and economic agreements involving both ASEAN as a single entity and individual ASEAN countries (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia) focusing on their reach beyond conventional trade in goods and services issues. What emerges is of...
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Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy Coordination in ASEAN 1
Branson, William H.; Healy, Conor N. - 2022
This paper develops the basis for monetary and exchange rate coordination in Asia as part of a package of monetary integration that could support growth and poverty reduction. This could be achieved directly through coordinated exchange rate stabilization, and indirectly through the implications...
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China's New Regional Trade Agreements
Antkiewicz, Agata; Whalley, John - 2010
This paper discusses the recent regional trade agreements that China has concluded rapidly following accession to the WTO in 2002. Agreements are in place with Hong Kong, Macao, ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand, and are either in negotiation or under discussion with South Africa, Chile, India,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014067227
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The Direct Substitution between Government and Private Consumption in East Asia
Kwan, Yum-keung - 2006
We investigate empirically the extent to which government consumption substitutes for private consumption in nine East Asia countries. Panel cointegrating regression uncovers a significantly positive elasticity of substitution between government and private consumption, implying on average...
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Regional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies
Antràs, Pol - 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of a regional trade agreement on the level and nature of multinational firm activity. We examine aggregate data that captures the response of U.S. multinational firms to the formation of the ASEAN free trade agreement. Observed patterns guide the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757535
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China's New Regional Trade Agreements
Antkiewicz, Agata; Whalley, John - 2022
This paper discusses the recent regional trade agreements that China has concluded rapidly following accession to the WTO in 2002. Agreements are in place with Hong Kong, Macao, ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand, and are either in negotiation or under discussion with South Africa, Chile, India,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013308505