Globalization, Divergence and Stagnation

Gino Gancia

No 174, Development Working Papers from Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano

Abstract: In a world where poor countries provide weak protection for intellectual property rights, market integration will systematically shift technical change in favor of rich nations. For this reason, free trade can increase international income differences. At the same time, integration with countries where intellectual tual property rights are weakly protected can have a large adverse effect on the world growth rate. These results provide a strong rationale for global regulations, critical in a system of interdependent economies for sustaining innovation and reducing income inequality. Supportive empirical evidence is presented.

Keywords: Economic Growth; North-South Trade; Intellectual Property (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F43 O33 O34 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-09-01
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