that full protection against imitation, granted independently of the size of the lead, maximizes the average innovation … forward protection reduces the rate of innovation and imposing a nonobviousness requirement reduces R&D spending. It is shown … rate. -- Intellectual property rights ; persistent leadership ; cumulative innovation ; preemption ; forward protection …

which Northern innovation, Southern imitation, and FDI are all endogenous. Our model predicts that IPR reform in the South …, Northern resources will be reallocated to R&D, driving an increase in the global rate of innovation. We test the model …

imitation or theft - affect firms’ investment decisions. Using variation in property rights protections across different regions … to identifying a specific channel through which legal protections affect incentives for innovation and R&D, our results …

innovation or lead to greater economic growth, by highlighting numerous examples from industries in which innovation increased …

Once a new technology has been invented, there is a credible threat of imitation when patents are long and imitation … cost is low. When imitation is credible, the innovator has an incentive to postpone technology adoption for relatively high … cost of imitation. The possibility of licensing eliminates or at least reduces the incentive for delayed technology …

Wir untersuchen die Wirkungen einer Handelsliberalisierung und des Schutzes geistigen Eigentums auf die …-Süd-Handelsmodell mit Wirtschaftswachstum und einer positiven Migrationsrate. Eine bilaterale Handelsliberalisierung führt zu einer …