The Global Book: Micropublishing, Conglomerate Production, and Digital Market Structures

Market structures and competition in the digital economy

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the distinctive characteristics of the competitive mechanism in the digital economy and information product markets. Specific properties of digital goods and information markets are considered. A theoretical model, based on the game theory and modified assumptions of monopolistic competition, is introduced. The suggested approach enables a theoretical...

Quantifying the Impacts of Digital Rights Management and E-Book Pricing on the E-Book Reader Market

The demand for electronic books (e-books) and the e-book readers are complementary. On the one hand, the emergence of e-book readers such as Amazon’s Kindle has triggered the recent growth of the e-book market. On the other hand, several issues in the e-book market can affect the future of the e-book reader market. Considering this complementarity, this paper quantifies the impact of digital ri...

Quantifying the Impacts of Digital Rights Management and E-Book Pricing on the E-Book Reader Market

The demand for electronic books (e-books) and the e-book readers are complementary. On the one hand, the emergence of e-book readers such as Amazon’s Kindle has triggered the recent growth of the e-book market. On the other hand, several issues in the e-book market can affect the future of the e-book reader market. Considering this complementarity, this paper quantifies the impact of digital ri...

The Law of One Price and the Cointegration of Meat Price in The Global Market: The Case of Iran’s Market

In view of the importance of the meat imports and the exports of meat in Iran, this study focuses on the status of the global market of meat imports the unit price test in these markets between the years 1961 and 2011 using the market cointegration approach. The results of this study are indicative of prices co-integration in the international market of meat as well as among such major importer...

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