The production and allocation of information as a good that is enhanced with increased use

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1344-1354

  Kubiszewski, Ida ^a   Farley, Joshua ^a   Costanza, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Anti rival; Copyrights; Information; Intellectual property rights; Knowledge; Market failure; Patents

Indexed keywords

INCENTIVE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKET SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77950340688     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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