Patent Rights Protection and Japanese Foreign Direct Investment

Published: Jan 1, 2012
Abstract
This paper estimates the link between Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) and the host country’s patent rights protection (PRP) in 1985-2004. Regressions performed on variously aggregated data identify a positive and significant link, which concentrates in countries with a high innovative (imitative) ability and technology-intensive industries. Firm-level logistic regressions show that the link is stronger for firms depending more on...
Paper Details
Title
Patent Rights Protection and Japanese Foreign Direct Investment
Published Date
Jan 1, 2012
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