Intellectual Property Protection Reforms: Theory, Evidence and Policy

In recent years, intellectual property-based industries have become more critical to the world's economies. However, where most of the writing on the economics of intellectual property protection policy has been speculative, this book offers a testable economic theory. The theory of 'natural intellectual property protection reform' analyses how economic development influences IPR policy and in turn, how IPR reform affects innovation.

Empirical support for the theory, and a case study based on data gathered from Singapore's software developers, are included. The book should be of interest to economists, and those who form economic policy, are in the information industries or follow Singapore's economic development.