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The economics of privacy
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Big data
Information resources management
Consumer behaviour
Privacy
Cyber security
Telecommunications
Description
This article asks what the economic argument is for and against privacy, or managing data flows. It argues that privacy has a role to play in whether data will be used in a way which changes the allocation of economic surplus, or whether data will be used in a way that will increase the total amount of surplus for everyone.
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London School of Economics and Political Science 2016
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
10 Aug 2016
