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Smith, Pamela J.  2024 (forthcoming).  “Country differences in intellectual property protections of genetically modified organisms.”  In Handbook of intellectual property and innovation, edited by Walter Park.  Edward Elgar Publishing.

Smith, Pamela J. and Sebastian Anti.  2022.  How does TRIPs compliance affect the economic growth of developing countries?:  Application of the Synthetic Control method.  The World Economy 45 (12):  3873-3906.

Smith, Pamela J., and Xiangwen Kong.  2022.  Intellectual property rights and trade:  The  exceptional case of GMOsThe World Economy 45 (3):  763-811.

Smith, Pamela J., and Andrew R. Tilman.  2020.  Patents for self-replicating technologies: Game theoretic analysis of genetically modified seed.  Journal of World Intellectual Property Rights 23 (3-4):  166-184.

Smith, Pamela J., Bolormaa Jamiyansuren, Akinori Kitsuki, Jooyoung Yang, and Jaeseok Lee.  2018.   Determinants of comparative advantage in GMO-intensive industriesWorld Trade Review 17(3): 427-449.

Smith, Pamela J., and Erik S. Katovich.  2017.  Are GMO policies “trade related”?:  Empirical analysis of Latin America.  Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 39 (2): 286-312. 

Smith, Pamela J.  2015.  Instructor’s lecture notes for Global trade policy: Questions and answers.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 

Smith, Pamela J.  2015.  Benefits and costs of the science and technology transfer targets for the Post-2015 Development agenda: Post-2015 Consensus. Science and Technology Perspective Paper.  Copenhagen, Denmark:  Copenhagen Consensus Center.

Smith, Pamela J.  2014.  Global trade policy: Questions and answers.  Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom:   Wiley-Blackwell.

Smith, Pamela J., Omar B. Da’ar, Kevin H. Monroe, Fabricio X. Nunez, and Charlotte J. Tuttle. 2009.  How do copyrights affect economic development and international trade?  Journal of World Intellectual Property 12 (3): 198-218. 

Gold, Richard, Wendy Adams, Louise Bernier, Tania Bubela, Luc Cassivi, David Castle, Ghislaine Cleret de Langavant, L. Martin Cloutier, Abdallah S. Daar, Helene Delerue, Amy Glass, Elisa Henry, Lori Knowles, Jean-Frederic Morin, Tina Piper, and Pamela J. Smith.  2008.  Toward a new era for intellectual property: From confrontation to Negotiation.  McGill Center for Intellectual Property and The Innovation Partnership, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Gold, Richard E., Wen Adams, David Castle, Ghislaine Cleret de Langavant, L. Martin Cloutier, Abdallah S. Daar, Amy Glass, Pamela J. Smith, and Louise Bernier.  2004.  The Unexamined assumptions of intellectual property: Adopting an evaluative approach to patenting biotechnological innovation.  Public Affairs Quarterly 18 (4): 299-344.

Smith, Pamela J.  2004.  How do foreign patent rights affect U.S. exports, affiliate sales, and licenses?  In The WTO, intellectual property rights and the knowledge economy, ed. Keith E. Maskus, 515-43.  Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.

Smith, Pamela J.  2002.  Patent rights and trade: Analysis of biological products, medicinals and botanicals, and pharmaceuticals.  American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84 (2): 495-512.

Gold, Richard E., David Castle, L. Martin Cloutier, Abdallah S. Daar, and Pamela J. Smith. 2002.  Needed: Models of biotechnology intellectual property.  Trends in Biotechnology 20 (8): 327-29.

Richardson, J. David, and Pamela J. Smith.  2002.  Sectoral growth across U.S. states:  Factor content, linkages, and trade.  In Trade and Growth: Models and Methods, eds. Sir Hans Singer, Neelambar Hatti and Rameshwar Tandon, 941-84.  Delhi:  B.R. Publishing Corporation.

Smith, Pamela J.  2001.  How do foreign patent rights affect U.S. exports, affiliate sales, and licenses?  Journal of International Economics 55 (2): 411-39.

Smith, Pamela J.  1999.  Are weak patent rights a barrier to U.S. exports?  Journal of International Economics 48 (1): 151-77.

Smith, Pamela J.  1999.  Do geographic scale economies explain disturbances to Heckscher-Ohlin trade?  Review of International Economics 7 (1): 20-36.

Smith, Pamela J.  1999.  Do knowledge spillovers contribute to U.S. state output and growth? Journal of Urban Economics 45 (2): 331-53.