THE EMERGENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTERFEIT MARKETS

Loredana Maftei ()
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Loredana Maftei: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania

CES Working Papers, 2013, vol. 5(2), issue 2, 246-253

Abstract: The European market of counterfeit goods has become a subject of increasing concern for businesses, private firms and policymakers. With a growing demand in consumption for this kind of goods, each sector is damaged from the toy industries to the pharmaceuticals industry. This article is aimed to expose the dynamic of the European counterfeiting markets, to highlight the main factors of production, the main providers, the smuggling routes, the overall profit, the main counterfeit products and also to offer a general perspective on the affected European markets.

Keywords: illegal markets; counterfeiting; piracy; criminal networks; intellectual property Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F60 H26 K14 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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