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研討會總覽

Effects of TRIPS on Growth, Welfare and Income Inequality in an R&D-Growth Model

2009/02/17
  • 研討會日期 : 2009-02-17
  • 時間 : 14:30
  • 主講人 : 朱智豪 助研究員
  • 地點 : B110
  • 演講者簡介 : 朱智豪先生為Ph.D. in Economics，Michigan University (2008)。現為本所助研究員。其主要研究領域為Macroeconomics、Economic Growth、Patent Policy、Political Economics、Behavioral Economics。
  • 演講摘要 : What are the effects of the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement on growth, welfare and income inequality? To analyze this question, we develop an open-economy R&D-driven endogenous-growth model with wealth heterogeneity. Under TRIPS, the North experiences higher growth and welfare at the expense of higher income inequality. As for the South, it experiences higher growth at the expense of lower welfare and higher income inequality. Also, there exists a critical degree for the domestic importance of foreign goods below which global welfare decreases under TRIPS. In light of our findings, we discuss policy implications on China’s accession to the WTO in 2001.