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Keith E. Maskus is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans across several fields including Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Business, Management and Accounting.

The scientist's primary subfields of study include Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Strategy and Management, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

Research topics covered by Maskus prominently feature Intellectual Property and Patents, Innovation Policy and R&D, Global Trade and Economics, Economic Growth and Productivity, Merger and Competition Analysis, Digital Platforms and Economics, and Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance.

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include William Ridley, Alessandro Peri, Yongmin Chen, Xinyu Hua, and Anna Rubinchik.

Maskus has published in several academic venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Review of International Economics
  • European Economic Review
  • Journal of International Economics
  • Stockholm Intellectual Property Law Review

Recent published papers include:

  • "Intellectual property enforcement, exports and productivity of heterogeneous firms in developing countries: Evidence from China" (2020), European Economic Review
  • "International protection of consumer data" (2021), Journal of International Economics
  • "International Protection of Consumer Data" (2020), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Inequality: Theory and Evidence1" (2022), Stockholm Intellectual Property Law Review
  • "The Impacts of Intellectual-Property Related Preferential Trade Agreements on Bilateral Patent Applications" (2025), Review of International Economics

They have contributed to book publications through several press outlets, including World Bank policy research working papers, World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, and World Scientific. Notable book titles are:

  • "The Impacts of Intellectual Property-Related Preferential Trade Agreements on Bilateral Patent Applications" (2023)
  • "Trade Impacts of Intellectual-Property-Related Ptas: Evidence from using the World Bank Deep Trade Agreements Database" (2021)
  • "Globalization, Firms, and Workers" (2021)
  • "International Economics and Policy" (2023)

Best Publications

  • Estimating the Knowledge-Capital Model of the Multinational Enterprise

    David L. Carr;James Markusen;Keith Maskus

  • Intellectual property rights in the global economy

    Keith E. Maskus

  • Transfer of technology to developing countries: unilateral and multilateral policy options

    Bernard M. Hoekman;Keith E. Maskus;Kamal Saggi

  • Discriminating Among Alternative Theories of the Multinational Enterprise

    James R. Markusen;Keith E. Maskus

  • How trade-related are intellectual property rights?

    Keith E. Maskus;Mohan Penubarti

  • International trade: theory and evidence

    James R. Markusen;James R. Melvin;Keith E. Maskus;William Kaempfer

  • Multinational Firms: Reconciling Theory and Evidence

    James R Markusen;Keith E Maskus

  • Intellectual property rights, licensing, and innovation in an endogenous product-cycle model

    Guifang Yang;Keith E. Maskus

  • The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Encouraging Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer

    Keith E. Maskus

  • The Contribution of International Graduate Students to US Innovation

    Gnanaraj Chellaraj;Keith E. Maskus;Aaditya Mattoo

  • General-Equilibrium Approaches to the Multinational Firm: A Review of Theory and Evidence

    James R. Markusen;Keith E. Maskus

  • Encouraging International Technology Transfer

    Keith E. Maskus

  • THE GLOBALIZATION OF PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE GOODS AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS

    Keith E. Maskus;Jerome H. Reichman

  • Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development

    Keith E. Maskus

  • Quantifying the impact of services liberalization in a developing country

    Denise Eby Konan;Keith E. Maskus

  • Intellectual Property and Development: Lessons from Recent Economic Research

    Carsten Fink;Keith E. Maskus

  • THE INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

    Keith E. Maskus

  • Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy

    Keith E. Maskus

  • Parallel imports and the pricing of pharmaceutical products: evidence from the European Union

    Mattias Ganslandt;Keith E. Maskus

  • Sources of International Comparative Advantage: Theory and Evidence.

    Keith E. Maskus;Edward E. Leamer

  • The world trading system at risk

    Keith E. Maskus

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Markusen
James R. Markusen University of Colorado Boulder
Jerome H. Reichman
Jerome H. Reichman Duke University
Bernard Hoekman
Bernard Hoekman European University Institute
Aaditya Mattoo
Aaditya Mattoo World Bank
John Wilson
John Wilson University of Southern California
Kamal Saggi
Kamal Saggi Vanderbilt University
Edward E. Leamer
Edward E. Leamer University of California, Los Angeles
Giovanni Dosi
Giovanni Dosi Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Will Martin
Will Martin International Food Policy Research Institute
Thomas F. Rutherford
Thomas F. Rutherford University of Wisconsin–Madison

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