Pricing Information Goods with Piracy and Heterogeneous Consumers
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Pricing information goods with piracy and heterogeneous consumers
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2263846