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标题：Biodiversity, intellectual property rights and north-south trade
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作者：Yang-Ming Chang ; Kyle Ross
期刊名称：Economics Bulletin
电子版ISSN：1545-2921
出版年度：2009
卷号：29
期号：2
页码：992-1002
出版社：Economics Bulletin
摘要：In this paper, we examine how biodiversity levels are affected by different regimes of trade-related intellectual property rights (IPRs) in a two-way trade framework where the North and South import and export to each other`s market. This approach incorporates domestic consumption (and hence consumer surplus) into the welfare maximization problem of the Southern government in a three-stage game under alternative IPR regimes. We find that for achieving a maximal level of biodiversity and socially optimal welfare in the South, the Southern government should protect farmers` rights. Further, we find that the Southern government has economic incentives to acknowledge international patents and protect biodiversity even in the absence of farmers''s rights