Biodiversity, intellectual property rights and north-south trade

Yang-Ming Chang and Kyle Ross ()
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Kyle Ross: Department of Economics, Kansas State University

Economics Bulletin, 2009, vol. 29, issue 2, 992-1002

Abstract: In this paper, we examine how biodiversity levels are affected by different regimes of trade-related intellectual property rights (IPRs) in a two-way trade framework where the North and South import and export to each other`s market. This approach incorporates domestic consumption (and hence consumer surplus) into the welfare maximization problem of the Southern government in a three-stage game under alternative IPR regimes. We find that for achieving a maximal level of biodiversity and socially optimal welfare in the South, the Southern government should protect farmers` rights. Further, we find that the Southern government has economic incentives to acknowledge international patents and protect biodiversity even in the absence of farmers''s rights.

JEL-codes: F2 Q2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-05-16
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