Intellectual Property Protection and U.S. Foreign Direct Investment
基于近百家美国企业对发展中国家知识产权保护强度的感知数据，实证分析知识产权保护体系如何影响美国对外直接投资的规模与结构，对研究国际投资与知识产权关系的学者有参考价值。
This is one of the first empirical studies of the relationship between a developing country's system of intellectual property protection and the volume and composition of U.S. foreign direct investment in that country. Based on data obtained from almost one hundred U.S. firms regarding their perceptions of how weak or strong such protection is in various countries, the authors' results are consistent with the view that a country's system of intellectual property protection influences the volume and composition of U.S. foreign direct investment. Copyright 1996 by MIT Press.