Determinants of software piracy: Economics, institutions, and technology

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 637-658

  Goel, Rajeev K ^a   Nelson, Michael A ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Economic freedom; Fractionalization; Internet; Legal institutions; Political freedom; Software piracy; Technology

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; ECONOMIC FREEDOM; FRACTIONALIZATION; LEGAL INSTITUTIONS; POLITICAL FREEDOM;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; INTERNET; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 70349906395     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-009-9119-1     Document Type: Article

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