Parallel Imports and Innovation in an Emerging Economy

Mantovani, Andrea ; Naghavi, Alireza (2010) Parallel Imports and Innovation in an Emerging Economy. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE, p. 20. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4554. In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE (688). ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract

This paper studies the consequences of parallel import (PI) on process innovation of firms heterogeneous in their production technology. In an international setting where foreign markets differ with respect to their intellectual property rights regime, a move by a technologically inferior firm to exploit a new unregulated market can result in imitation and PI. The impact of PI on innovation is determined by the degree of heterogeneity between firms and trade costs. Increasing trade costs shifts from the market share losses brought by PI from the more to the less productive firm. This induces the former to invest more in R&D. At this point, sales in the foreign market become a determinant of the R&D decision by the technologically inferior firm. For low levels of firm heterogeneity, PI increases output by this firm targeted for the unregulated market, hence increases its Innovation efforts. A tariff policy accompanied by opening borders to PI only increases welfare when the technological gap between the two firms are sufficiently large.

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Tipologia del documento
Monografia (Working paper)
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Mantovani, Andrea
Naghavi, Alireza
Parole chiave
Intellectual property rights, Parallel imports, Innovation, Trade costs, Welfare
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2282-6483
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04 Feb 2016 11:30
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