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Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale GeografieVolume 106, Issue 2, 1 April 2015, Pages 187-204

IPRs and international knowledge flows: Evidence from six large emerging countries(Article)(Open Access)

  • Montobbio, F.,
  • Primi, A.,
  • Sterzi, V.
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  • aDept. of Economics and Statistics 'Cognetti de Martiis', University of Turin, Lungodora Siena 100A, Turin, 10153, Italy
  • bCRIOS, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
  • cOECD, Structural Analysis and Competitiveness Unit, OECD Development, Paris, France
  • dGREThA - UMR CNRS 5113, University of Bordeaux, Avenue Léon Duguit, 33608, France

Abstract

This paper studies international knowledge flows looking at: (i) patent citations that track codified knowledge and (ii) technological collaborations between inventors that gauge knowledge transmitted through face to face contacts. It uses a gravity model for 13 countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa, Mexico, the USA, the UK, Japan, Italy, Germany, France and Canada) using EPO data. In the case of tacit knowledge flows it shows that intellectual property rights (IPRs) reinforcement has no effect and that sharing a common legal origin and technological proximity are more important than geographical distance. In the case of codified knowledge flows IPRs reinforcement has a positive effect only when applicants' citations are considered. © 2015 Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG.

Author keywords

Emerging countriesIntellectual property rightsInventors' collaborationsKnowledge flowsPatent citations
  • ISSN: 0040747X
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12131
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd


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