Essays on patent rights protection, technological efforts, and exports

Abstract

The broad concern of this dissertation is to examine the impact of patent rights (PRs) protection on technological efforts of a country and their contribution to high-technology exports. This dissertation proposes an incremental perspective concerning the channel through which countries gain from strengthening PRs. Through the development of a deeper understanding of patent rights, technological efforts and exports, we aim to augment the role of patent rights in technological efforts and its effectiveness in exporting across countries at both aggregated and disaggregated levels.