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dc.contributor.authorMASKUS, Keith E.
dc.contributor.authorRIDLEY, William
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-13T12:57:43Z
dc.date.available2016-09-13T12:57:43Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1028-3625
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/43244
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the role of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) with complex chapters covering intellectual property rights (IPRs) in determining the magnitude and composition of countries' trade. Changes in the global IPRs environment have increasingly been negotiated within the terms of PTAs. Despite the proliferation of PTAs with strong IPRs standards, little attention has been paid to their effects on the trade of member countries. Using a carefully designed empirical framework to measure the effects of agreement membership on aggregate imports and exports, we find that trade agreements with IPRs chapters have significant impacts on members' aggregate trade. The results are further broken down by income groups and the composition of sectoral trade. The findings accord with predicted relationships from previous research on IPRs and trade and suggest that regulatory aspects of trade agreements have important cross-border impacts. This possibility has been little studied to date.en
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI RSCASen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2016/35en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Governance Programme-223en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGlobal Economicsen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectChinaen
dc.subjectIntellectual propertyen
dc.subjectIPRsen
dc.subjectInnovation policyen
dc.subjectTrade agreementsen
dc.subject.otherInternational relations
dc.subject.otherRegulation and economic policy
dc.subject.otherTrade, investment and international cooperation
dc.titleIntellectual property-related preferential trade agreements and the composition of tradeen
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