Curing spam: Rights, signals & screens

Economists' Voice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Van Alstyne, Marshall W ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 34247175896     PISSN: 15533832     EISSN: 15533832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3832.1193     Document Type: Article

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