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This is a list of past written work in this area, approximately in chronological order. Unless a link is provided, I do not know of any electronic sources for these items:
“The Role of Transactions Costs in the Design of Royalty Pricing Schemes for STI” (with J. A. Ordover) and “The Role of Copyright Protection and Optimal Pricing in Computerized STI Systems” in R. G. Saltman, Copyright in Computer-readable Works: Policy Impacts of Technological Change (National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 500-17), 1977.
“Economics of Property Rights as Applied to Computer Software and Data Bases” (with D. M. Fischer, J. A. Ordover, and W. J. Baumol), report to National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU), 1977. (Available from NTIS.) Excerpt reprinted in G. P. Bush & R. H. Dreyfuss, ed., Technology & Copyright, (Lomond, 1979). (Sections I - III of the CONTU final report are available at: http://home.nyu.edu/~gmp216/documents/contu/contu-finalreport.txt )
“The Functioning of Information Markets,” Chapter IV in J. Yurow, ed., Issues in Information Policy (National Telecommunications and Information Administration Special Publication 80-9), 1981.
“An Economic Rationale for Page and Submission Charges by Academic Journals,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Vol. 28, No. 6, 355-358 (November, l977). Reprinted in Key Papers in the Economics of Information (1983).
“Information as a Commodity: Public Policy Issues and Current Research,” in R. M. Mason and J. E. Creps, eds., Information Services: Economics, Management and Technology (Westview, 1981).
“The Economics of Advertiser-Supported Television in Adjacent Countries: Consumer Sovereignty, Advertising Efficiency and National Policy,” Canadian-U.S. Conference on Communications Policy, Cultures in Collision (Praeger, 1984).
“Setting Technical Compatibility Standards: An Economic Analysis” (with L. J. White); Antitrust Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 2, 337-355 (Summer, 1985). Reprinted in Journal of Reprints for Antitrust Law and Economics, Vol. 16, No. 2, 685-705 (1986).
“Major Issues in Information Services Trade” (with M. Jussawalla and M. Snow); Pacific Focus, Vol. 3, No. 1, 71-89 (Spring, 1988). Reprinted in C. Lee and S. Naya, eds., Trade and Investment in Services (Westview Press and CIS-Inha University, 1988).
“Economics of Intellectual Property Rights in the International Arena,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 12-16 (January, 1989). Reprinted in M. Jussawalla, et al., ed., Information Technology and Global Interdependence (Greenwood Press, 1989).
“Economic Considerations of Federal Information Policies,” in C. McClure, P. Hernon, and H. Relyea, eds., United States Government Information Policies: Views and Perspectives (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1989).
“Resolving Conflicts between Information Ownership and Intellectual Freedom,” Library Trends, Vol. 39, No. 1 & 2, 126-131 (1990).
Economic Impact of Database Protection in Developing Countries and Countries in Transition, report for WIPO, January 2002.
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| (English) Economic impact of database protection in developing countries and countries in transition | http://www.wipo.int/documents/en/meetings/2002/sccr/pdf/sccr7_2.pdf |
| (French) Incidences economiques de la protection des bases de donnees dans les pays en developpement et les pays en transition | http://www.wipo.int/documents/fr/meetings/2002/sccr/pdf/sccr7_2.pdf |
| (Spanish) Repercusiones económicas de la protección de las bases de datos en los países en desarrollo y países en transición | http://www.wipo.int/documents/es/meetings/2002/sccr/pdf/sccr7_2.pdf |
I have also provided testimony and reports as an expert on economic issues related to intellectual property. The clients and venues have included:
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