Lee Branstetter

Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer?

Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-level Panel Data

One of the alleged benefits of the recent global movement to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPRs) is that such reforms accelerate transfers ...

Is Foreign Direct Investment a Channel of Knowledge Spillovers?

Evidence from Japan's FDI in the U.S.

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Innovation, Knowledge Spillovers, and Dynamic Comparative Advantage

Evidence from Japan and the United States

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Are Knowledge Spillovers International Or Intranational in Scope?

Microeconometric Evidence from the U.S. and Japan

In a number of theoretical models, it has been shown that technological externalities can generate multiple equilibria in the global pattern of specia...

When Do Research Consortia Work Well and Why?

Evidence from Japanese Panel Data

We examine the impact of a large number of Japanese government-sponsored research consortia on the research productivity of participating firms by mea...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in China

A Political Economy Approach

We view the political process in China as trading off the social benefits of increased trade and foreign direct investment, against the losses incurre...

Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Panel Data

One of the alleged benefits of the recent global movement to strengthen intellectual property rights (IPRs) is that such reforms accelerate transfers ...