Piracy and music sales: The effects of an anti-piracy law

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-106

  Adermon, Adrian ^a   Liang, Che Yuan ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anti piracy law; Copyright protection; File sharing; Music sales; Piracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901473793     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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