Paper #834

Título:

North-south trade and directed technical change

Autor:

Gino Gancia

Data:

Mayo 2003

Resumen:

In a world where poor countries provide weak protection for intellectual property rights, market integration shifts technical change in favor of rich nations. Through this channel, free trade may amplify international income differences. At the same time, integration with countries where intellectual property rights are weakly protected can slow down the world growth rate. A crucial implication of these results is that protection of intellectual property is most beneficial in open countries. This prediction, which is novel in the literature, finds support in the data on a panel of 53 countries observed in the years 1965-1990.

Palabras clave:

Economic Growth, North-South Trade, Intellectual Property Rights, Cross-Country Income Differences

Códigos JEL:

F14, F43, O33, O34, O41

Área de investigación:

Macroeconomía y Economía Internacional

Publicado en:

Journal of International Economics, 76, 276-296, 2008

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