The big push to a knowledge‐based economy with intellectual property rights protection

Hideaki Uchida

Review of Development Economics, 2020, vol. 24, issue 4, 1551-1559

Abstract: This study examines the reasons some developing countries would not enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) protection. In a country with low IPR protection, firms have much incentives to imitate better technology. Therefore, the enforcement of IPR protection is necessary to prohibit imitation. However, given a state in which many agents are imitating technologies, it is difficult to enforce IPR protection because these agents have no incentives to protect IPR. Considering such a situation, we investigate the interaction between IPR institutions and technology choice. Furthermore, we discuss policy issues to achieve IPR protection.

Date: 2020
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