TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral intra-industry trade flows and intellectual property rights protection
T2 - First empirical evidence
AU - Al-Mawali, Nasser
PY - 2005/10/20
Y1 - 2005/10/20
N2 - This study provides the first empirical evidence on the effects of intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection on bilateral intra-industry trade (IIT) flows. The empirical investigation is based on pooled South African data and takes advantage of the theoretical distinction between horizontal and vertical IIT. A gravity equation of international trade is estimated in the context of fixed and random effects models. The principal findings suggest that IPRs and imitation abilities separately are not important factors in determining IIT flows. However, the interaction between them is important.
AB - This study provides the first empirical evidence on the effects of intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection on bilateral intra-industry trade (IIT) flows. The empirical investigation is based on pooled South African data and takes advantage of the theoretical distinction between horizontal and vertical IIT. A gravity equation of international trade is estimated in the context of fixed and random effects models. The principal findings suggest that IPRs and imitation abilities separately are not important factors in determining IIT flows. However, the interaction between them is important.
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U2 - 10.1080/13504850500358751
DO - 10.1080/13504850500358751
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:29244478596
SN - 1350-4851
VL - 12
SP - 823
EP - 828
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
IS - 13
ER -