Foreign direct investment inflows, intellectual property rights and economic freedom: Empirical evidence from middle- and low-income countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 861-871
Author(s):  
Saïd Hammami
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment Inflows

Intellectual Property Rights, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Freedom

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 20170017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Saravia ◽  
Gustavo J. Canavire-Bacarreza ◽  
Fernando Rios-Avila
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Partial Explanation ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
Ipr Protection

Abstract: The relationship between intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and foreign direct investment (FDI) continues to pose a challenging puzzle. While several studies have found that these two variables are positively correlated, others have not been able to find conclusive results. We contend that a partial explanation resides on institutional differences among host countries. We find that increases in IPR protection encourage FDI in countries in which the institutional environment, as proxied by indices of economic freedom, is efficient but not otherwise. We use threshold regression techniques on samples ranging from 81 to 102 countries during the 1990 - 2010 period.

Foreign Direct Investment, Intellectual Property Rights, and Productivity Growth

2014 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 1440009
Author(s):  
Sasatra Sudsawasd ◽  
Santi Chaisrisawatsuk
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Outward Fdi ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ipr Protection

Using panel data for 57 countries over the period of 1995–2012, this paper investigates the impact of intellectual property rights (IPR) processes on productivity growth. The IPR processes are decomposed into three stages — innovation process, commercialization process, and protection process. The paper finds that better IPR protection is directly associated with productivity improvements only in developed economies. In addition, the contribution of IPR processes on growth through foreign direct investment (FDI) appears to be quite limited. Only inward FDI in developed countries which creates better innovative capability leads to higher growth. In connection with outward FDI, only the increase in IPR protection and commercialization are proven to improve productivity in the case of developing countries, particularly when the country acts as the investing country.

scholarly journals Effective factors to encourage the foreign direct investment in Iraq

2018 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 02038
Author(s):  
Shahla Mohammad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Effective Factors ◽  
World Bank Report ◽  
The World

Foreign direct investment in Iraq cannot take its complete role for different reasons, such as: Lack of security, Corruption, Lack of Transparency, Unequipped banking system, undeveloped arbitration law, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issue, and internal disputes over oil rights. It was found that Iraq rates as one of the worst places in the world to do business, languishing at 166 out of 183 countries, according to a World Bank report and for starting a business Iraq ranks even lower

COORDINATION OF TRADE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS POLICIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
TE-CHENG LU ◽  
JIN-LI HU ◽  
YAN-SHU LIN
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Protection Level ◽  
Welfare Level ◽  
High Welfare ◽  
Ipr Protection

We employ a bilateral R&D spillover model to analyze how a domestic government coordinates its intellectual property rights (IPR) and trade policies and hence affects a foreign firm’s choice between export (EX) and foreign direct investment (FDI). We find that both firms’ profits increase with IPR protection if the IPR protection level in the domestic country is loose. The domestic country can coordinate trade and IPR policies and reach a high welfare level by affecting foreign firm’s entry decisions. The profitability and desirability may decrease with the strength of IPR protection and correspond to a welfare-reducing R&D.

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