Democratic Governance, Patent Enforcement, and Foreign Direct Investment

• In Event: Foreign Direct Investment, Social Justice, and Independent Judiciaries: How Multinational Enterprises Navigate Social Justice Activism

Brief Overview

I argue that foreign investors face greater uncertainty in democracies when judicial preferences are unknown and unevenly distributed, with a focus on patent law enforcement. The paper also examines the role of checks and balances within judiciaries.

Author

• Sojun Park, Massachusetts Institute of Technology