Are the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights the Way for Development? A Precedence Investigation between Human Development Index and Index of Patent Rights
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47106#.VGGHyWfHRK0 Author(s) Christian Carvalho Ganzert , Beatriz Selan , Leonardo Augusto Amaral Terra Affiliation(s) University of S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil . University of S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil . University of S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil . ABSTRACT The main question, which leads this analysis, interrogates the existence of a causality relation between the human development index and Index of Patent Rights. It was decided to use a database whereas all units of the cross section have the same periods of time for human development index and Index of Patent Rights. This database covers 84 countries with the two indic...