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Tables of Contents for Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
 
Acknowledgments
xv
 
Introduction: The Issue Is Deeper than American Movies
1
14
The Evolving Global System
3
3
Economic Issues
6
1
Objectives of the Study
7
2
Organization of the Volume and Summary of Findings
9
6
A Road Map for the TRIPs Ahead
15
12
General Obligations
17
1
Copyrights
17
2
Trademarks and Indications
19
1
Patents
20
2
Integrated Circuits
22
1
Trade Secrets
22
2
Control of Anticompetitive Practices
24
1
Enforcement
24
1
Transition Periods
25
1
Administration of TRIPs
25
1
Summary
26
1
Globalization and the Economics of Intellectual Property Rights: Dancing the Dual Distortion
27
60
Economics of Intellectual Property Rights
28
8
Structures and Objectives of IPRs
36
15
Sectoral Reliance on IPRs
51
14
The Evolving US System: Protectionism Unchained?
65
1
Globalization and the Technology Content of Trade
66
17
Pressures for Change in the Global IPRs System
83
1
Summary
84
3
The Global Effects of Intellectual Property Rights: Measuring What Cannot Be Seen
87
56
Measuring Intellectual Property Rights across Borders
88
14
Determinants of Intellectual Property Rights
102
7
The Effects of IPRs on International Economic Activity
109
27
IPRs and International Technology Transfer
136
5
Summary
141
2
Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development: Patents, Growth, and Growing Pains
143
28
How IPRs Contribute to Development
145
11
Global Research and Development
156
1
How IPRs Hamper Economic Development
157
12
Evidence on the Overall Impact of IPRs on Growth
169
1
Summary
169
2
The Global Policy Framework: Intellectual Property Rights and Wrongs?
171
28
Putting TRIPs into Action
171
21
TRIPs as an Economic Optimizer
192
2
Regional Initiatives
194
3
Summary
197
2
Benefiting from Intellectual Property Protection: Take the Medicine, but Get Some Exercise, Too
199
36
National Policies to Optimize IPRs
200
16
IPRs and Social Regulation
216
9
International Initiatives
225
7
Summary
232
3
Conclusions and Policy Recommendations: Are We There Yet?
235
8
Where We Are
235
3
Where We Are Going
238
1
Does TRIPs Belong in the WTO?
238
1
The Way Forward Is to Be Forward-Looking
239
4
References
243
12
Index
255