讲座主题：Imitation and Intellectual Property Rights Policy under Asymmetric Information

　　主讲人：邵昱琛

　　讲座地点：B249

　　讲座时间：2018年5月18日 上午10:00

　　主办单位：yL23411永利官网登录经济系

　　讲座摘要：This paper uncovers that strengthening intellectual property right (IPR) protection in the South may be a win-win game for both northern and southern countries. IPR protection affects technology opportunities as well as imitation costs for the southern countries. Technology transfer normally carries on asymmetric information under different parties. Northern countries normally have more private information about their technologies, but southern countries could not. So asymmetric information will significantly influence southern countries’ strategy in dealing with imitation activities and IPR protection. In the equilibrium of this game with asymmetric information, optimal IPR policy will take a form in terms of an inverse U shape with regard to the imitation ability of southern countries; that is, optimal IPR protection will increase with the imitation ability and fall until a sufficiently high level of imitation ability. Our empirical analysis based on 116 countries over the years 2000-2012 supports this theoretical prediction and is robust to various specifications.

　　主讲人简介：邵昱琛，南京大学商学院助理教授。本科毕业于清华大学经济管理学院，硕士和博士毕业于美国科罗拉多大学博尔德分校。主要研究内容为产品周期、国际间技术转移、企业创新与知识产权保护。研究成果发表于The World Economy、《国际贸易问题》等期刊。Journal of Comparative Economics、Review of International Economics和The Southern Economic Journal等期刊匿名审稿人。