Knowledge diffusion from FDI and intellectual property rights
Abstract
We study the extent to which a country's strength of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection mediates knowledge spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Following the opposing views in the IPR debate, we propose a negative effect of IPR strength on unintentional horizontal (intra-industry) knowledge diffusion. Using a unique firm-level dataset of large, publicly traded firms in 22 (mostly) developed countries, we find partial...
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Title
Knowledge diffusion from FDI and intellectual property rights
Published Date
Feb 1, 2011
Journal
Issue
168
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