Iwaisako, Tatsuro; Tanaka, Hitoshi; Futagami, Koichi - Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University - 2009
This paper constructs a North-South quality-ladder model in which foreign direct investment (FDI) is determined by the endogenous location choice of firms, and examines analytically how strengthening patent protection in the South affects welfare in the South. Strengthening patent protection...