Intellectual property rights protection in the presence of exhaustible resources

被引：6
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作者：
Hori T. [1 ]
Yamagami H. [2 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
[2] Faculty of Economics, Seikei University, 3-3-1 Kichijoji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo
[3] Maison des Sciences Economiques, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris
来源：
Environmental Economics and Policy Studies | 2018年 / 20卷 / 4期
基金：
日本学术振兴会;
关键词：
Endogenous growth; Exhaustible resource; Innovation; Intellectual property rights protection; Patent breadth;
D O I：
10.1007/s10018-018-0214-0
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摘要：
We study the role of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in the presence of exhaustible resources. Because resource scarcity is a constraint on growth, one may conjecture that IPR protection should be strong to stimulate research and development activities and to sustain perpetual growth. However, we show that IPR protection does not always need to be strengthened as the economy becomes more resource intensive. Furthermore, we derive the welfare-maximizing strength of IPR protection, and show that it increases in the presence of exhaustible resources. Therefore, our results suggest that ignoring exhaustible resources may result in inefficient innovation policies. © 2018, Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies and Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature.
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页码：759 / 784
页数：25
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