Why the music industry may gain from free downloading - The role of sampling

被引：111

作者：

Peitz, Martin ^{[1
]}

Waelbroeck, Patrick

机构：

[1] Int Univ Germany, D-76646 Bruchsal, Germany

[2] Univ Libre Bruxelles, ECARES, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION | 2006年 / 24卷 / 05期

关键词：

file-sharing; P2P; sampling; information transmission; piracy; music;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.10.006

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Downloading digital products for free may harm creators and intermediaries because consumers may no longer buy the version for sale. However, as we show in this paper, this negative effect may be overcompensated by a positive effect due to sampling: consumers are willing to pay more because the match between product characteristics and buyers' tastes is improved. This indeed holds under sufficient taste heterogeneity and product diversity. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.

引用

页码：907 / 913

页数：7

共 14 条

[1]

BOORSTIN E, 2004, THESIS PRINCETON U

[2]

Bounie D., 2005, EC0501 TEL PAR

[3] SOFTWARE PIRACY - AN ANALYSIS OF PROTECTION STRATEGIES [J].