The protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) has not been harmonized across jurisdictions. There is a need to investigate the influence of IPR protection on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for different host jurisdictions. The link between the strength of a state’s IPRs regime and its...

This paper analyzes how changing the expected length of intellectual property right (IPR) protection affects growth and the welfare of rich and poor consumers. The analysis is based on a product-variety model with non-homothetic preferences and endogenous markups in which, in accordance with...

This paper analyzes how changing the expected length of intellectual property (IP) protection affects economic growth and the welfare of rich and poor consumers. The analysis is based on a product-variety model with non-homothetic preferences and endogenous markups in which, in accordance with...