voprecotestВопросы экономикиVoprosy Ekonomiki0042-8736Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP10.32609/0042-8736-2007-2-68-84voprecotest-1569Research ArticleВОПРОСЫ ТЕОРИИISSUES OF THEORYЭкономическая теория авторских правEconomics of Copying and CopyrightВэрианХ.VarianH.

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Калифорнийский университет в БерклиСоединённые Штаты АмерикиUniversity of California, BerkeleyUnited States200720022007026884Copyright © Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP, 20072007Voprosy Ekonomiki, NPVoprosy Ekonomiki, NPhttps://www.vopreco.ru/jour/about/submissions#copyrightNoticehttps://www.vopreco.ru/jour/article/view/1569

Автор характеризует специфику авторских прав как объекта экономического анализа и излагает историю становления института авторских прав в США. Кроме того, в статье затрагивается проблематика оптимального срока действия авторских прав с точки зрения общественного благосостояния. Проводится анализ простых моделей ценообразования на информационные блага.

The author considers the peculiar properties of copyright as an object of economic analysis and outlines its history in the USA. The article also addresses the problem of the optimal term of copyright from the point of view of social welfare. Simple models of price-setting on the market for information goods are analyzed.

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