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On Jain’s digital piracy model: horizontal vs vertical product differentiation
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SYSNO ASEP 0582638 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title On Jain’s digital piracy model: horizontal vs vertical product differentiation Author(s) Kúnin, M. (BY)
Žigić, Krešimir (NHU-C) RIDSource Title Ekonomska Istrazivanja - ISSN 1331-677X
Roč. 36, č. 1 (2023), s. 1299-1316Number of pages 18 s. Language eng - English Country HR - Croatia Keywords vertical and horizontal product differentiation ; software piracy ; Bertrand competition OECD category Applied Economics, Econometrics Method of publishing Open access Institutional support NHU-C - Cooperatio-COOP UT WOS 000813770600001 EID SCOPUS 85132317657 DOI 10.1080/1331677X.2022.2086149 Annotation We study how private intellectual property rights protection affects equilibrium prices in a duopoly competition between firms that offer a product variety of distinct qualities (vertical product differentiation) in a setup that is closely related to that put forward by Jain where firms offer the same qualities in equilibrium (horizontal product differentiation). Consumers may make a choice to buy a legal version, use an illegal copy (if they want to and can), or not use a product at all. Using an illegal version violates intellectual property rights protection and is thus punishable when discovered. Thus, both private and public (copyright) intellectual property rights protection are available on scene. Workplace Economics Institute - CERGE Contact Tomáš Pavela, pavela@cerge-ei.cz, Tel.: 224 005 122 Year of Publishing 2024 Electronic address https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2022.2086149
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