An experimental economics approach toward quantifying online privacy choices

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 363-374

  Poindexter, J C ^a   Earp, Julia B ^a   Baumer, David L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Personal privacy; Security

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

CHOICE-MAKING; PERSONAL PRIVACY;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 33846137613     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-006-9013-4     Document Type: Article

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