Internet and Digital Economics
Edited by Éric Brousseau and Nicolas Curien
Cambridge University Press, 2007
This book analyzes how the Internet is a laboratory where new ways of organizing economic activities are invented and tested. More than 20 contributions written by leading scholars in the field provide a consistent analysis of key issues as the development of open source software and on-line communities, peer-to-peer and of on-line sharing of cultural goods, electronic markets and the raise of new information intermediaries, e-retailing and e-banking, etc. It aims to provide the reader with analyses of the current development of the “Information Society” and with a consistent analytical framework to understand the emergence of a what is often referred to as a “New Economy” since the models invented on digital networks are inspiring decision makers in many fields of economic and social life. This book should be of value for a wide audience of scholars, students and practitioners in all areas of social sciences.
Introduction
Toward a New Economy ?
- “Evolution of the New Economy Business Model”, by William Lazonick.
- “Discourse on the New Economy : Passing Fad or Mobilizing Ideology?”, by Patrice Flichy.
- “The Valuation and Financing of Internet Start-Ups”, by Ulrich Hege and Sébastien Michenaud.
On-line Communities
- “Information Goods and Online Communities”, by Michel Gensollen.
- “Online Communities of Consumers: Escaping the Tragedy of Digital Commons”, by Nicolas Curien, Emmanuelle Fauchart, Gilbert Laffond and François Moreau.
- “Network Cooperation and Incentives within Online Communities”, by Godefroy Dang Nguyen and Thierry Pénard.
Network Externalities and Market Microstructures
- “The Economics of Networks”, by Nicholas Economides.
- “E-commerce, two-sided markets and info-mediation”, by Alexia Gaudeul and Bruno Jullien.
- “From Intermediation to Prescription: Using Media Business Models to Understand the Internet”, by Pierre-Jean Benghozi and Thomas Paris.
Producing, Distributing and Sharing Information Goods
- “Bundling and Competition on the Internet”, by Yannis Bakos and Erik Brynjolfsson.
- “Pricing Information Goods : Free vs. Pay Content”, by Marc Bourreau and Virginie Lethiais.
- “Open Software : Knowledge Openness and Coalition in Cyberspace”, by Dominique Foray, Sylvie Thoron and Jean-Benoît Zimmermann.
- “Simulating Code Growth in Libre (Open-Source) Mode”, by Jean-Michel Dalle and Paul A. David.
How e-Markets Perform
- “Economic Insights from Internet Auctions”, by Patrick Bajari and Ali Hortacsu.
- “Consumer Search and Pricing Behaviour in Internet Markets”, by Maarten Janssen, Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez and Matthijs Wildenbeest.
- “Are the Neighbors Welcome? E-buyer Search, price competition and Coalition Strategy in the Internet Retailing”, by Hervé Tanguy and Jacques Laye.
- “On-line bidding and buying on the same website”, by Marc Bourreau and Christian Licoppe.
Evolving Institutional Infrastructures
- “An Economic Analysis of Conflicts Resolution in Cyberspace”, by Bruno Deffains, Philippe Fenoglio and Yannick Gabuthy.
- “Payment and Internet: Analysis, Stakes and Research Perspectives in Economics of Banking”, by David Bounie and Pierre Gazé.
- “Electronization of Nasdaq : Will Market Makers Survive ?”, by Delphine Sabourin and Thomas Serval.
- “Multilevel Governance of the Digital Space: Does a second rank Institutional Framework exist?”, by Eric Brousseau.
The impacts of the Internet at the macro level
- “Mobile Telephony and Internet Growth: Impacts on Consumer Welfare”, by Gary Madden, Schipp Michael and Joachim Tan.
- “Globalization, the Internet and E-Business: Convergence or Divergence in Cross-Country Trends?”, by Kenneth L. Kraemer and Jason Dedrick.
- “ICTs and Inequalities: The Digital Divide”, by Alain Rallet and Fabrice Rochelandet.
