• DocumentCode
    47850
  • Title

    Digital Public Goods

  • Author

    Greenstein, Shane

  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Sept.-Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    63
  • Abstract
    This column discusses how the online world provides public goods. Public goods in the digital world contain some of the same features as those in the offline world. Yet, there are some key differences in the boundaries between public and private, and that shapes what arises and what does not. That will need an explanation.
  • Keywords
    business data processing; microeconomics; digital public goods; microeconomics; offline world; Digital systems; Information services; Internet; Public policy; nonexcludability; nonrivalry; public goods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MM.2013.96
  • Filename
    6630005