Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/89567 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
LEM Working Paper Series No. 2013/09
Publisher: 
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa
Abstract: 
In this paper, we construct a new index that measures the strength of intellectual property (IP) protection for plant varieties for 69 countries over the period 1961-2011. We examine the statistical properties of the index and we compare it with other measures of IP protection. We conclude that the indicator provides a reasonable proxy for assessing the relative strength of IP protection in plants across countries. Finally, we study the main determinants of the evolution of the index over time and we find that variables such as GDP per capita, types of political and institutional environment, levels of urbanization and schooling affect the level of IP protection for plant varieties. The TRIPS Agreement appears as an exogenous factor driving the process towards stronger levels of IP protection for all countries.
Subjects: 
Intellectual Property Rights
Plant Breeders' Rights
UPOV Convention
International Comparison
JEL: 
O10
O34
O50
Q19
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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