Intellectual property rights, informal economy, and FDI into developing countries

• Main Authors: Lee, Minsoo, Alba, Joseph Dennis, Park, Donghyun
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Economic theory; Intellectual Property Rights; Foreign Direct Investment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144928
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We explore the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPR), the informal economy, and foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing countries. Intuitively, stronger IPR protection attracts more FDI in countries with small informal economies but not in countries with large informal econ...