Network externalities, price discrimination and profitable piracy

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-290

  King, Stephen P ^a   Lampe, Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intellectual property; Network externalities; Piracy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

PRICE DISCRIMINATION;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; METHODOLOGY; MONOPOLY; PRICE DETERMINATION; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 0141503248     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6245(02)00110-5     Document Type: Article

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