piracy on inequality in Africa, we examine how a plethora of factors (IPRs laws, education & ICTs and government quality) are … instrumental in the piracy-inequality nexus. Design/methodology/approach - Two-Stage-Least Squares estimation approaches are … applied in which piracy is instrumented with IPRs regimes (treaties), education & ICTs and government quality dynamics …

. It assesses the relationships between software piracy and scientific publications in African countries for which data is …

in equilibrium. However, government monitoring may not result in complete deterrence of piracy. Further, the MNC shifts …