Seminar by Prof. Alex Whalley, University of Calgary
Event details
| Date | 08.12.2016 |
| Hour | 12:00 › 13:30 |
| Speaker | Prof. Alex Whalley, University of Calgary |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
"Patenting and Firm Performance in the Global Economy"
Abstract:
That both GDP and patents granted have increased by a factor of four in upper middle income countries since TRIPS suggests global intellectual property rights have important for productivity growth. Yet, because TRIPS passage was correlated with a host of productivity drivers – reductions in trade barriers, improved financial regulation and increases in educational attainment, to name just a few – we do not know the causal effects foreign property rights recognition on domestic firm performance. This project examines the effects of the granting of US patents on exporting, productivity growth, and innovation by Indian companies. We use the natural experiment of exogenous approval of US patent applications submitted by foreign firms to understand how foreign intellectual property right power firm performance.
Abstract:
That both GDP and patents granted have increased by a factor of four in upper middle income countries since TRIPS suggests global intellectual property rights have important for productivity growth. Yet, because TRIPS passage was correlated with a host of productivity drivers – reductions in trade barriers, improved financial regulation and increases in educational attainment, to name just a few – we do not know the causal effects foreign property rights recognition on domestic firm performance. This project examines the effects of the granting of US patents on exporting, productivity growth, and innovation by Indian companies. We use the natural experiment of exogenous approval of US patent applications submitted by foreign firms to understand how foreign intellectual property right power firm performance.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
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Contact
- cdm-seminars@epfl.ch