Arbeitspapier

Trade, Innovation and Optimal Patent Protection

This paper provides a first comprehensive quantitative analysis of optimal patent policy in the global economy. We introduce a new framework, which combines trade and growth theory into a tractable tool for quantitative research. Our application delivers three main results. First, the potential gains from international cooperation over patent policies are large. Second, only a small share of these gains has been realized so far. And third, the WTO's TRIPS agreement has been counterproductive, slightly reducing welfare in the Global South and for the world. Overall, there is substantial scope for policy reform.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 10777

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
Thema
trade policy
innovation
growth
patents
TRIPS

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hémous, David
Lepot, Simon
Sampson, Thomas
Schärer, Julian
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2023

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hémous, David
  • Lepot, Simon
  • Sampson, Thomas
  • Schärer, Julian
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2023

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