The Influence of Overseas Patent Layout on China's Foreign Direct Investment：Based on the Empirical Study of 2002-2014 Country Panel Data

Abstract

Abstract:

This paper empirically analyses the influence of overseas patent layout and structure on China's foreign direct investment, and examines the moderating effect of the level of intellectual property protection in the host country by using 2002-2014 China's direct investment data in 44 host countries and China's patent application data in the host country. The study finds that:(1) The number of overseas patent layout has positive effect on China's foreign direct investment. Among the three types of patent layout, invention patent layout has the most important effect on China's foreign direct investment. (2) The influence of overseas patent layout in the post financial crisis period is significantly less than that in the period before the financial crisis. (3) Overseas patent layout has a lag effect on China's foreign direct investment and the effect reaches the maximum in the third year of lag. (4) The level of intellectual property protection in the host country plays a positive role in the influence of the enterprise's overseas patent layout on the foreign direct investment.

Key words: overseas patent layout, OFDI, location choice, protection of intellectual property rights

Li Qing, Zhong Zuchang. The Influence of Overseas Patent Layout on China's Foreign Direct Investment：Based on the Empirical Study of 2002-2014 Country Panel Data[J]. , 2017, 29(5): 40-51.

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