This paper evaluates the impact of effective IPRs protection on export quality using a factor-proportion model and a sample of 96 Developing countries and economies in transition between 1996-2011. I find that countries with more effective IPRs protection have comparative advantage in producing...

After a decade of research on the relationship between institutions and growth, scholars in this field seem to be divided. Economic institutions perform well in growth regressions and a body of literature argues that this supports the key importance of institutions for development. Other authors...