An economic model of privacy: A property rights approach to regulatory choices for online personalization

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-225

  Chellappa, Ramnath K ^a   Shivendu, Shivendu ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic modeling; Incentives; Nash bargaining; Personalization; Privacy; Property rights; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTRACTS; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRIVATIZATION;

ECONOMIC MODELING; INCENTIVES; NASH BARGAINING; PERSONALIZATION; SOCIAL WELFARE;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 39749171832     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222240307     Document Type: Article

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