Why develop open-source software? The role of non-pecuniary benefits, monetary rewards, and open-source licence type

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 605-619

  Sauer, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Labour supply; Open source; Software

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LABOR SUPPLY; MONETARY POLICY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 38149082700     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grm034     Document Type: Review

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