The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Seed Technology Transfer through Trade – Evidence from U.S. Field Crop Seed Exports

Minyu Zhou and Ian Sheldon

No 152368, 2013: Productivity and Its Impacts on Global Trade, June 2-4, 2013. Seville, Spain from International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium

Abstract: To investigate whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) promote or hinder seed technology diffusion through trade, we use panel data for 134 countries over the period 1985-2010 to evaluate the impact of a country’s IPRs on its seed imports from the U.S. by estimating a gravity equation using both linear and nonlinear (Poisson) fixed effects methods. In both the static and dynamic models, the variable for WTO member countries that have implemented the TRIPs (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) agreement consistently shows a significantly positive effect on seed imports. We improve on previous studies by focusing on one type of planting seeds - field crop seeds, also accounting for status of growing genetically modified crops, and utilizing an estimation technique (Poisson) that is more viable in the handling of zero trade observations.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36
Date: 2013-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-ino, nep-int, nep-ipr, nep-pr~ and nep-spo
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.152368

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