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    Estimating the Global Scale of Counterfeit Trade
    ( 2008-08-08)
    Staake, Thorsten
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    Thiesse, Frederic
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    Taking successful measures against international trade in counterfeit goods requires a thorough understanding of the characteristics of the illicit market. However, the clandestine nature of the phenomenon makes an investigation a challenging exercise. Even the validity of existing estimates on its size seems highly questionable. Against this background, this contribution proposes a framework for estimating the extent of counterfeit trade which relies on various public data sources. We apply our framework to the examples of the North-American and the European market and draw conclusions on the share of counterfeits among world merchandise trade.