Intellectual property rights and foreign direct investment: A disaggregated analysis

This paper aims at overcoming several shortcomings of previous empirical studies on the relationship between IPR protection and FDI. First of all, we use sectorally disaggregated FDI data for a large sample of host countries. Second, we address the proposition that stronger IPR protection raises not only the quantity but also the quality of FDI. Third, we check to which extent the relationship between IPR protection and FDI is affected by applying alternative measures of IPR protection. Our empirical findings support the hypothesis that the threat of an unauthorized use of intellectual-property-related assets and, thus, FDI depends on industry as well as host-country characteristics. Furthermore, stronger IPR protection may help induce high-quality FDI. JEL no. F21, F23     

Foreign direct investment, intellectual property rights, and wage inequality in China

This article incorporates foreign direct investment (FDI) and product differentiation in a general equilibrium trade model. The analysis shows that freer trade and FDI will upgrade China's technology, improve its skills of labor, and increase the competitiveness of local firms in the international market. At the same time, the relative wage of skilled labor to unskilled labor will rise. The size of this rise will be affected by the degree of protection for intellectual property rights. These theoretical results are consistent with empirical evidence. The analysis provides insights in coordinating policies on FDI, labor market reform, and intellectual property rights protection.     

知识产权质押融资困境分析及制度完善

知识产权质押融资能够有效地解决科技型中小企业资金短缺问题,但是,实践中,却面临许多困难,严重阻碍了知识产权质押融资的开展。因此,深入分析知识产权质押融资面临的困难,并有针对性地提出完善措施,对于大力推行知识产权质押融资政策大有裨益。     

Efficiency spillovers from foreign direct investment in the EU periphery: A comparative study of Greece,Ireland, and Spain

Despite a growing number of empirical studies on efficiency spillovers arising from the presence of multinational firms for a number of countries, general conclusions on this issue have been inhibited by differences in the data sets and estimation techniques used across studies. In this paper we conduct a comparative empirical study for Greece, Ireland and Spain by creating comparable data sets and estimating identical models. Our results show evidence of spillovers in Ireland and Spain only, although these positive spillovers seem to depend on whether firms have the absorptive capacity to capture technological spillovers and the criteria used to classify them as foreign affiliates. JEL no. F23, O30     

Cost heterogeneity and the destination of Japanese foreign direct investment: A theoretical and empirical analysis

This paper first of all develops a Cournot oligopolistic model with heterogeneous firms to examine each firm's choice between export-oriented foreign direct investments (FDI) and FDI to serve the host-country market. It is shown that there exist a critical level of efficiency such that all firms below that level choose the former and those above it the latter. The hypothesis is tested using firm-level data on 118,300 Japanese firms covering the entire manufacturing sector. Multinomial logit estimates strongly support our theoretical findings.     

两权分离度与企业技术创新实证研究——兼论产权性质与业绩偏离的调节效应

基于利益收敛理论及资源依赖理论,以 2010-2015 年中国 A 股制造业上市公司为对象实 证检验两权分离度对技术创新的影响。实证结果表明,企业技术创新随着控股股东两权分离程度 的提高而减少;民营企业属性增强终极股东两权分离和企业技术创新间的负相关关系。此外,历 史业绩偏离对民营企业属性强化两权分离度与企业技术创新之间负相关关系没有显著的影响,行 业业绩偏离度越高,民营企业属性对终极股东两权分离与技术创新关系的负向作用越强。     

国有企业产权改革的法和经济学分析

本文从法和经济学的视角,运用产权理论和企业理论,对以法规和行政指令等形式表现的政府对国有企业产权改革的制度设计和安排,即国有企业产权改革的规则变迁、绩效进行分析,并在此基础上对社会主义市场经济下的政府、企业和市场的关系,国有企业改革的出路进行探讨。文章认为,有