Do Patent Protection and Technology Transfer Facilitate R&D in Developed and Emerging Countries? A Semiparametric Study

Eskander Alvi (), Debasri Mukherjee () and Ashraf Eid

Atlantic Economic Journal, 2007, vol. 35, issue 2, pages 217-231

Abstract: This paper examines if patent protection and technology transfer facilitate R&D in a sample that includes both developed and emerging countries. A semiparametric model is used to estimate the relevant parameters using country level data from 21 countries, of which six are emerging, for the period 1981–1997. The results suggest thresholds in patent protection and technology transfer: patent protection has a positive effect which weakens at high levels of protection, and FDI has a positive effect only if the country depends heavily on FDI. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 2007

Keywords: R&D; patent protection; technology transfer; semiparametric model; O31; O34; C14; C23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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