Internet economics /

The Internet has rapidly become an important element of the economic system. The lack of accepted metrics for economic analysis of Internet transactions is therefore increasingly problematic. This book, one of the first to bring together research on Internet engineering and economics, attempts to es...

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Other Authors: McKnight, Lee W. (Editor), Bailey, Joseph P. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1998, ©1997.
Edition:1st pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET ECONOMICS
  • An Introduction to Internet Economics / Lee W. Mcknight and Joseph P. Bailey
  • THE ECONOMICS OF THE INTERNET
  • Economic FAQs About the Internet / Jeffrey K. Mackie-Mason and Hal R. Varian
  • The Economics of Layered Networks / Jiong Gong and Padmanabhan Srinagesh
  • Internet Pricing in Practice / Nevil Brownlee
  • Flat: The Minimalist Price / Loretta Anania and Richard Jay Solomon
  • INTERCONNECTION AND MULTICAST ECONOMICS
  • Internet Cost Structures and Interconnection Agreements / Padmanabhan Srinagesh
  • The Economics of Internet Interconnection Agreements / Joseph P. Bailey
  • Sharing Multicast Costs / Shai Herzog, Scott Shenker, and Deborah Estrin
  • USAGE SENSITIVE PRICING
  • Internet Cost Allocation and Pricing / David Clark
  • Charging and Accounting for Bursty Connections / Frank P. Kelly
  • Responsive Pricing in the Internet / Jeffrey K. Mackie-Mason, Liam Murphy, and John Murphy
  • User Control and IP Allocation / Ketil Danielsen and Martin Weiss
  • Priority Pricing of Integrated Services Networks / Alok Gupta, Dale O. Stahl, and Andrew B. Whinston
  • Optimal Pricing for Integrated Services Networks / Qiong Wang, Jon M. Peha, and Marvin A. Sirbu
  • INTERNET COMMERCE
  • Internet Services: A Market for Bandwidth or Communication? / David W. Crawford
  • Internet Payment Services / B. Clifford Neuman and Gennady Medvinsky
  • Endorsements, Licensing, and Insurance for Distributed Services / Charlie Lai, Gennady Medvinsky, and B. Clifford Neuman
  • Information Security for Internet Commerce / Lee Mcknight with Richard Solomon, Joseph Reagle, David Carver, Clark Johnson, Branko Gerovac, and David Gingold
  • INTERNET ECONOMICS AND POLICY
  • The Economic Efficiency of Internet Public Goods / Martyne M. Hallgren and Alan K. Mcadams
  • Internet Pricing: A Regulatory Imperative / Mitrabarum Sarkar.