An inquiry on the impact of intellectual property rights on foreign direct investments in ASEAN
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2022-01
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This study aims to analyze the impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection quality on inbound
Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in a panel of 10 ASEAN countries over the period 2000-2020. Using a
fixed effects regression model to account for the country-specific effects that may be present due to the
existence of country groups, this study found that there is a positive but insignificant effect of IPR quality
on the level of FDI inflow. Instead of IPR strength, inflation and GDP were found to have a significant
influence on inbound FDI.
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Intellectual property rights, ASEAN, foreign direct investments