Quantitative analyses of intellectual property right protection

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dc.contributor.advisorHendricks, Kennethen
dc.contributor.advisorCorbae, Deanen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMiravete, Eugenioen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRamondo, Nataliaen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRuhl, Kimen
dc.creatorThurk, Jeffrey Michaelen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-08T15:21:34Zen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-08T15:21:40Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:20:21Z
dc.date.available2010-10-08T15:21:34Zen
dc.date.available2010-10-08T15:21:40Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:20:21Z
dc.date.issued2010-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2010en
dc.date.updated2010-10-08T15:21:40Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractResearch has demonstrated that the effects of intellectual property right (IPR) protection on firm research and competitive strategies are varied. This dissertation quantifies the dynamic effects of IPR protection along different dimensions. First, I show that countries choose different levels of IPR protection and develop a model to replicate these differences. This model enables me to assess the quantitative effects of trade, as well as the welfare impacts of global harmonization to a single IPR standard. Second, I explore whether IPR protection in the US is too strong. I develop a model in which firms make production and innovation decisions conditional on endogenous technological spillovers. I fit the model to key moments from US data and show that weakening patent protection is welfare decreasing. Thirdly, I show that changing US IPR standards during the 1980s had little real effect on the US Semiconductor industry vis-a-vis exogenous changes in market demand.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1185en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectIntellectual property rightsen
dc.subjectPatentsen
dc.titleQuantitative analyses of intellectual property right protectionen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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