Intellectual Property Protection and the Geography of Trade
研究了1995年TRIPS协议实施后，发展中国家知识产权保护对知识密集型商品贸易的影响，发现此类商品贸易相对增加，且进口增长主要来自高收入国家的信息通信技术领域。
This paper investigates how the implementation of intellectual property rights in developing countries under the 1995 TRIPS agreement affected trade in knowledge‐intensive goods. We compare trade in knowledge‐intensive goods with trade in other types of goods for 158 members and observers of the World Trade Organization from 1993–2009. Trade in knowledge‐intensive goods increased relative to a control group after TRIPS implementation. The increase in imports by developing countries was driven by exchange with high‐income countries and was concentrated in the information and communications technology sector. Our findings suggest that the effect of TRIPS on promoting knowledge diffusion from high‐income to developing countries varies by sector.