Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for World Economics
No 1167:
Intellectual Property Rights and Foreign Direct Investment: The Role of Industry and Host-Country Characteristics
Peter Nunnenkamp and Julius Spatz
Abstract: This paper aims at overcoming several shortcomings of
previous empirical studies on the relationship between IPR protection and
FDI. First, FDI is analyzed on a sectorally and regionally disaggregated
level. Second, we address the proposition that stronger IPR protection
raises not only the quantity, but also the quality of FDI.
Third, we
check to which extent the relationship between IPR protection and FDI is
affected by applying alternative measures of IPR protection. Our empirical
findings support the hypothesis that the threat of an unauthorized use of
intellectual-property-related assets and, thus, FDI depends on industry as
well as host-country characteristics. Furthermore, stronger IPR protection
tends to induce high-quality FDI.
Keywords: intellectual property rights, ownership advantages, imitative capacity, quantity and quality of FDI, industry characteristics, host-country characteristics; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F21,; F23; (follow links to similar papers)
47 pages, June 2003
Before downloading any of the electronic versions below
you should read our statement on
copyright.
Download GhostScript
for viewing Postscript files and the
Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing pdf files.
Downloadable files:
kap1167.pdf
Download Statistics
Report other problems with accessing this service to Sune Karlsson ()
or Helena Lundin ().
Programing by
Design Joakim Ekebom