Estimating the effects of global patent protection in pharmaceuticals: A case study of quinolones in India

被引：109

作者：

Chaudhuri, Shubham

Goldberg, Pinelopi K.

Jia, Panle

机构：

[1] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

[2] Yale Univ, Dept Econ, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

[3] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[4] MIT, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 2006年 / 96卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1257/aer.96.5.1477

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Under the Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights, the World Trade Organization members are required to enforce product patents for pharmaceuticals. In this paper we empirically investigate the welfare effects of this requirement on developing countries using data for the fuoroquinolones subsegment of the systemic anti-bacterials segment of the Indian pharmaceuticals market. Our results suggest that concerns about the potential adverse welfare effects of TRIPS may have some basis. We estimate that the withdrawal of all domestic products in this subsegment is associated with substantial welfare losses to the Indian economy, even in the presence of price regulation. The overwhelming portion of this welfare loss derives from the loss of consumer welfare.

引用

页码：1477 / 1514

页数：38

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