This chapter surveys the literature on international trade and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in … the global economy. The discussion is organized around the major questions in the field. How does openness to trade affect … national incentives for patent protection? What is the rationale for international coordination over patent policies? Given …

environmental externalities. A model of monopolistic competition inspired by the recent trade literature shows that the profits … of the receiving country. We test the empirical implications of our model using patent data in renewable and fossil … efficient power technologies for 13 top innovating countries and 40 patenting authorities. We improve on previous contributions …

Incentivizing innovation through buyouts may alleviate the social costs associated with patent power, but the political … setting of countries with different innovation and financing capabilities, and where financing governments rely on taxes to …

world with two heterogeneous countries featuring different sizes and innovation capacities. Moving to an international …The literature on patent buyouts has focused on single-economy settings, where buyouts are welfare improving relative … system of global patent protection paired with domestic price subsidies, and only intersovereign transfers can achieve a …

-competitive patent settlements and hold-ups in relation to standard setting processes, in addition to the modern focus on mergers that … potentially lessen incentives for innovation and on abuse of dominance/single firm exclusionary practices in IP-intensive network … importance for economic advancement and prosperity, having a direct bearing on innovation, growth and the diffusion of new …