Journal Information  ·  Mission  ·  Editorial Board  ·  Directory of Economists Submissions  ·  New Submission  ·  Submit a Revision Table of Contents  ·  Refereed Content            Notes            Comments            Preliminary Results  ·  Research       Announcements  ·  Letters to the Editor  ·  Conference       Announcements  ·  Search Email Notification Service and Directory of Research Economists  ·  Add me to Directory  ·  Modify my Profile General  ·  Submission Guidelines  ·  PDF Conversion  ·  Copyright  ·  Electronic Publishing  ·  Archiving  ·  Sponsors and       Endorsements  ·  Economic Links     Francesco Bogliacino and Alberto José Naranjo Ramos "Optimal intellectual property rights protection: the case of Colombia" (2008, Vol. 15, No. 20.)     We investigate the optimality of the actual degree of Intellectual Property Rights protection using a methodology derived from Patent Race Literature. We applied the methodology to Colombia, using the available two Innovation Surveys. Our result are consistent with an already optimal existing protection and we raise doubts over the gains from a stricter regulation.     Keywords :   Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation Survey, Colombia, Patent Race     Manuscript Received : 8/25/2008   Manuscript Accepted : 12/20/2008   This abstract has been downloaded 777 times.