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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18713| Title: | Piracy and competition |
| Keywords: | L13 L86 L82 K11 O34 ddc:330 information goods piracy copyright pricing Digitale Güter Produktpiraterie Computerkriminalität Betriebliche Preispolitik Produktdifferenzierung Duopol Wettbewerb Theorie |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
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| Description: | The effects of (private, small-scale) piracy on the pricing behavior of producers of information goods are studied within a unified model of vertical differentiation. Although information goods are assumed to be perfectly horizontally differentiated, demands are interdependent because the copying technology exhibits increasing returns to scale. We characterize the Bertrand-Nash equilibria in a duopoly. Comparing equilibrium prices to the prices set by a multiproduct monopolist, we show that competition drives prices up and reduces total surplus. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18713 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18713 ppn:47741379X |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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