I study the short- and long-term effects of trade agreements with strict intellectual property (IP) provisions on innovation, growth and welfare. I develop a quantitative multi-country trade model with endogenous productivity through innovation and adoption that features imperfect IP rights...

Investments in R&D and agricultural innovations have been fundamental to long-term economic growth worldwide. But global resource allocation has been uneven, with some developing countries closing in on developed-world scientific capacities, others regaining ground lost over the past decade or...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Growing Importance of Intellectual Property (Rights) -- Chapter 3: Is There a Market for Patents? -- Chapter 4: How and Why do Patent Intermediaries (Re)Emerge? -- Chapter 5: Business Models of Patent Intermediaries -- Chapter 6: Digital Platforms and...