信息产品的共享及其组织方式:一个经济分析

本文通过引入一个现实案例(Napster)来讨论信息产品的共享问题。首先,我们解释了信患产品共享产生的原因;然后,我们对此进行了福利分析,并证明:如果信息产品的共享采取俱乐部这种组织方式,不仅消费者的福利水平可以得到提高,生产者同样也有向市场提供信患产品的激励,换言之,帕雷托意义上的效率改进是可能的。

INFORMATION GOOD SHARING AND ITS PRODUCTION:AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

This paper studies the possibility of sharing in context of the Napster case.First,we explore the reason why sharing of information goods could take place. Second,we conduct a welfare analysis to argue that,if organized like a club,information good sharing can not only lead to the improvement of comsumers'welfare,but also give the producer great incentives to provide information goods.In other words,Pareto improvement is possible.