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Article: A general equilibrium analysis of software development: Implications of copyright protection and contract enforcement
Title | A general equilibrium analysis of software development: Implications of copyright protection and contract enforcement |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Contract Contract Enforcement Copyright Protection Organization Outsourcing Piracy Software Vertical Integration |
Issue Date | 2006 |
Publisher | Elsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/eer |
Citation | European Economic Review, 2006, v. 50 n. 7, p. 1661-1682 How to Cite? |
Abstract | We develop a general equilibrium model to study the implications of a legal environment on the organization of software production. We show that contract enforcement determines the organizational mode (i.e., in-house versus outsourcing) of customized software development while copyright protection affects both packaged software as well as customized software development. We obtain some testable results: when copyright protection is weak, only customized software will be developed; when copyright protection is strong, both customized software and packaged software will be developed; environment changes in one software market affect the equilibrium in the other software market. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/177737 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.251 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Qiu, LD | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-19T09:39:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-12-19T09:39:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | European Economic Review, 2006, v. 50 n. 7, p. 1661-1682 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0014-2921 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/177737 | - |
dc.description.abstract | We develop a general equilibrium model to study the implications of a legal environment on the organization of software production. We show that contract enforcement determines the organizational mode (i.e., in-house versus outsourcing) of customized software development while copyright protection affects both packaged software as well as customized software development. We obtain some testable results: when copyright protection is weak, only customized software will be developed; when copyright protection is strong, both customized software and packaged software will be developed; environment changes in one software market affect the equilibrium in the other software market. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/eer | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | European Economic Review | en_US |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Contract | en_US |
dc.subject | Contract Enforcement | en_US |
dc.subject | Copyright Protection | en_US |
dc.subject | Organization | en_US |
dc.subject | Outsourcing | en_US |
dc.subject | Piracy | en_US |
dc.subject | Software | en_US |
dc.subject | Vertical Integration | en_US |
dc.title | A general equilibrium analysis of software development: Implications of copyright protection and contract enforcement | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Qiu, LD: larryqiu@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Qiu, LD=rp01093 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | postprint | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.06.005 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-33745239298 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-33745239298&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 50 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 7 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 1661 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 1682 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000240909500002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Qiu, LD=7201538008 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0014-2921 | - |