Articles

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Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights: Industry Variation and Technology Diffusion, Canadian Journal of Economics (2011)

The WTO inspired strengthening of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in developing countries remains highly controversial...

 

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Do Stronger Patent Rights Raise High-Tech Exports to the Developing World?, Journal of International Economics (2010)

Despite over 20 years of debate, the TRIPs agreement remains very contentious. This paper evaluates...

 

Working papers

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Should Smaller Countries Be More Protectionist? The Diversification Motive for Tariffs (with James Gaisford) (2013)

This paper examines the diversification motive for tariffs under uncertainty when there is incomplete international...

 

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The Quantity, Price, and Variety Response of U.S. Exports to Stronger Patent Protection (2012)

Using detailed product data from 1990 to 2006, I estimate the effect of strengthening patent...