本研究以2003年至2011年間的panel data資料探討國家的開放程度、創新能力、國民所得、網際網路使用人口數、高科技出口比例、教育以及所得分配不均程度等因素對商業軟體盜版率的影響。首先以固定效果模型和隨機效果模型對所有八十七國進行分析，再分別針對OECD國與非OECD國進行比較，最後加入動態panel data模型進行估計以強化前述估計結果的頑強性。實證結果顯示，國民所得與創新能力為影響盜版率的重要因素，國民所得與創新能力愈高能使盜版率下降，而高科技出口比例以及教育對軟體盜版率無明顯影響。在開放程度與所得不均方面，動態panel data分析結果表示開放程度與所得不均對軟體盜版率無明顯影響，但在OECD與非OECD國家間存在差異。

This paper examines the impact of the level of the openness, innovation, GDP, the Internet, high-technology exports, education, and income inequality on the rate of business software piracy at the country level. The study finds that GDP per capita, Internet, and innovation as measured by Scientific and technical journal articles have negative effects on business software piracy rates. A country’s degree of high-technology exports and education do not significantly affect the piracy of software. Using data from BSA and WDI for 87 countries from 2003 to 2011, the findings also show that the degree of openness and income inequality affect differently to piracy rate in OECD countries and non OECD countries.

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