possibility that illegal copies of those goods may be purchased on black markets (the phenomenon of "piracy"). Heavy taxation of … maximisation context, because the tax rate is highly distortionary, due to the presence of piracy. Corrective taxation, aimed at … piracy. In contrast with the normative results, the median voter model predicts an inefficiently large tax rate on status …

This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for … pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the consequences of digital piracy, using a base model and several extensions …-user piracy is then taken. After a brief review of commercial piracy, additional legal and private responses to end-user piracy …

The effects of (private, small-scale) piracy on the pricing behavior of producers of information goods are studied …

This paper develops a simple model of piracy to analyze its effects on prices and welfare and to study the optimal … may be responsible for the control of piracy. We show that copying or piracy might be welfare enhancing because it is a … to finance the development cost via the pricing scheme applied to high valuation consumers. The level of piracy control …

piracy there are goods that the South will not produce. Piracy will then lead to a reallocation of innovative activity in … dynamic learning externalities than the other goods, and that their share in consumption is small. Thus, whether or not piracy …) from piracy than the South, because monopoly profits eventually accrue to the North, the South may lose more than the North …

Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This …’ subsequent research activity and status compared to a synthetic control group of non-recipient scholars with similar previous … research performance. We find evidence of positive incentive and status effects that raise both productivity and citation …