The impacts of counterfeiting on corporate investment : Economic Research Working Paper No. 67

The impacts of counterfeiting on corporate investment : Economic Research Working Paper No. 67

Working paper

43 pages ; [28] cm.

2957-8256

This study uses a unique international database on customs seizures between the years 2011 to 2013 and matches global corporate statistics to study the impacts of counterfeiting on authentic corporations’ investment and revenues. Applying the matched sampling combined with panel analyses, we attempt to estimate the effects counterfeit incidences have on corporate research investment and on firm sales and revenues (“sales displacement”) in various industries. We find an overall negative effects on the R&D and net sales across various regression specifications, except for the broad sector of tools, materials, and vehicles (HS code 8).

Print publication

Economics Working Papers ; no. 67.

Geneva, Switzerland : World Intellectual Property Organization, 2021.

eng

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