Sunil Kanwar
Does intellectual property protection spur technological change?
diverse factors motivating technological change one factor received increasing attention recent past protection intellectual property rights given fairly recent changes international policy ethos regime stronger intellectual property protection become fait accompli developing countries developed significance ask whether stringent protection intellectual property indeed encourage innovation question paper examines utilising crosscountry panel data rd investment patent protection countryspecific characteristics spanning period 198195 evidence unambiguously indicates significance intellectual property rights incentives spurring innovation