Appropriate Health R&D and Intellectual Property Rights Reform in Developing Countries

Bibliographic Data

ID9726658
AuthorsAnna‐maria Aksan (0000-0001-8605-3274, Fairfield University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume80
Issue319
Pages475-495
Publication date2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ecca.12012
OpenAlexW2037523921
LanguageEN
References cited19

Welfare implications of imposing intellectual property rights (IPR) protection on health goods in developing countries are analysed using a North–South model. Consumption of health goods counteracts adverse effects of region‐specific diseases on labour supply. Health needs differ between consumers in innovating and imitating countries, weakening the benefits of southern IPR enforcement for the North and strengthening the benefits for the South. Southern regions with unique health needs are more likely to benefit from IPR enforcement if healthcare infrastructure is adequate and the southern market is large enough to stimulate sufficient innovation. There is then also interregional income convergence

Business · Consumption (sociology) · Convergence (economics) · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Intellectual property · International trade · Market economy · Political science · Public economics · Welfare · Innovation Policy and RD · Intellectual Property and Patents · Law · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

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