지식재산권 보호가 수입에 미치는 영향 : OECD 회원국과 비OECD 회원국간 비교

The impact of intellectual property right(IPR) protection on trade can be divided into two categories: the market expansion effect and the market power effect. This study empirically analyzed the impact of IPR protection on imports in 122 countries. The years of analysis are 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015. We also examined whether there are differences in the protection effect of IPRs between OECD and non-OECD member countries. As a result of the analysis for all countries, the higher the level of national IPR protection, the more positive the impact on imports, thus supporting the market expansion effect of IPR protection on trade. As a result of analyzing the country's size(GDP), openness, and R&D intensity by adding it to the model, it was found that the country's size and openness had a significant effect on trade, but the effect of R&D intensity was not significant. This effect is more evident in OECD member countries, and the impact of intellectual property rights on trade in non-OECD member countries is unclear. In addition, as a result of analyzing the scale(GDP), degree of openness, and R&D intensity in OECD member countries, it was found that all of these variables had a significant positive effect on imports.