Trade Research - ImagebankContents

About

Countries

Data & Research

Learning

News

Projects & Operations

Publications

Topics

Home > Data & Research > Research > Programs > Trade Research > ImagebankContents

Do stronger intellectual property rights increase international technology transfer? Empirical evidence from U.S. firm-level panel data

Author:	Branstetter, Lee G.; Fisman, Raymond; Foley, C. Fritz;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper series ; no. WPS 3305
Country:	World;	Date Stored:	2004/09/17
Document Date:	2004/05/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region
Report Number:	WPS3305	SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Real & Intellectual Property Law; Banks & Banking Reform; General Technology; Education for the Knowledge Economy; ICT Policy and Strategies
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: One of the alleged benefits of the recent global movement to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPRs) is that such reforms accelerate transfers of technology between countries. The paper examines how technology transfer among U.S. multinational firms changes in response to a series of IPR reforms undertaken by 12 countries over the 1982-99 period. The analysis of detailed firm-level data reveal that royalty payments for intangibles transferred to affiliates increase at the time of reforms, as do affiliate research and development (R&D) expenditures and total levels of foreign patent applications. Increases in royalty payments and R&D expenditures are more than 20 percent larger among affiliates of parent companies that use U.S. patents more extensively prior to reform and therefore are expected to value IPR reform most.


Official Documents Official, scanned versions of documents (may include signatures, etc.)
File Type		Description	File Size (mb)

	PDF 52 pages	Official version*	0.20
	Text	Text version**


Light-Weight Documents Lighter (less MB) documents which may or may not be the final, official version
File Type		Description	File Size (mb)

	PDF 52 pages	WPS3305	0.20

* The official version is derived from scanning the final, paper copy of the document and is the official,
archived version including all signatures, charts, etc.

** The text version is the OCR text of the final scanned version and is not an accurate representation of the final text.
It is provided solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Permanent URL for this page: http://go.worldbank.org/AYZNZYJRS0