Priced and Unpriced Online Markets.

Zero prices for online resources provide important benefits, even relative to small positive prices. Some online resources are free, whereas others are not—although it can be difficult to say which resources are in which category. The trade-offs between free online resources and those for which th...

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Published in:Journal of Economic Perspectives Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 21 - 37
Main Author: Edelman, Benjamin
Format: Article
Published: American Economic Association Summer 2009
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