Globalizing Information
This volume presents important analyses of international trade, technology transfer and
the global economics of intellectual property rights through selected and key works of
Keith E Maskus, spanning his long career. The book includes 17 chapters, ranging from
theoretical modeling to empirical and statistical analysis, and policy contributions.
Readers will find significant questions addressed in the determinants of trade, foreign
direct investment, patents and trade, licensing, parallel imports, innovation, and climate
change. These chapters span the scope of economic analysis of the globalization of
intellectual property and technology transfer, a field in which the author has been a
pre-eminent presence.
Introduction
How Trade-Related Are Intellectual Property Rights?
Intellectual Property Rights, Licensing and Economic Growth
Vertical Distribution, Parallel Trade and Price Divergence in Integrated Markets
Parallel Imports and the Pricing of Pharmaceutical Products: Evidence from the European
Union
The Impact of Parallel Imports on Investments in Cost-Reducing Research and Development
Transfer of Technology to Developing Countries: Unilateral and Multilateral Policy
Options
Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Transfer and Exports in Developing Countries
Southern Innovation and Reverse Knowledge Spillovers in a Dynamic FDI Model
How National and International Financial Development Affect Industrial R A Test of the
HOV Theorem: The Leontief Commonplace
Development-Related Biases in Factor Productivities and the HOV Model of Trade
Estimating the Knowledge-Capital Model of the Multinational Enterprise
Quantifying the Impact of Services Liberalization in a Developing Country
Regulatory Standards in the WTO: Comparing Intellectual Property Rights with
Competition Policy, Environmental Protection and Core Labor Standards
Economic Perspectives on a Multilateral Agreement on Open Access to Basic Science and
Technology
Developing and Distributing Essential Medicines to Developing Countries: The DEFEND
Proposal
Differentiated Intellectual Property Regimes for Environmental Technologies.
360 pages, Hardcover