Replication data for: Patent Laws, Product Life-Cycle Lengths, and Multinational Activity
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) L. Kamran Bilir
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Project Citation:
Bilir, L. Kamran. Replication data for: Patent Laws, Product Life-Cycle Lengths, and Multinational Activity. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116128V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Do intellectual property rights influence multinationals' manufacturing location decisions? My theoretical model indicates that countries with strong patent laws attract multinational activity, but only in sectors with relatively long product life cycles. By contrast, firms with short life-cycle technologies are insensitive, because offshore imitation is less likely to succeed before obsolescence. I document strong empirical regularities consistent with the model using a panel dataset on the global operations of US-based multinational firms and a new measure of product obsolescence. Moreover, my identification strategy allows me to isolate the causal effect of patent laws on multinational activity.
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JEL Classification:
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D25 Intertemporal Firm Choice: Investment, Capacity, and Financing
F23 Multinational Firms; International Business
K11 Property Law
L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
O34 Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
R32 Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis
D25 Intertemporal Firm Choice: Investment, Capacity, and Financing
F23 Multinational Firms; International Business
K11 Property Law
L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
O34 Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
R32 Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis
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