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The Elgar Companion to Information Economics
The Elgar Companion to Information Economics dexterously navigates this interdisciplinary field of research which celebrates the crucial contribution of information to decision making, market dynamics, and economic well-being. Offering a wealth of conceptual analysis, this erudite Companion embarks on an intellectual journey exploring the fundamentals of information economics.
This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
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The Elgar Companion to Information Economics dexterously navigates this interdisciplinary field of research which celebrates the crucial contribution of information to decision making, market dynamics, and economic well-being. Offering a wealth of conceptual analysis, this erudite Companion embarks on an intellectual journey exploring how the fundamentals of information economics explain rapid developments in the information landscape.
Featuring contributions from acclaimed international scholars, chapters expertly analyse the role of information for economic processes. From asymmetric information to AI and digital influencers, they examine the latest developments in research and the practical problems raised by recent innovative technologies while discussing important policy implications. Major themes such as information and disinformation, inequality, information asymmetry, innovation, informational influence, payment and value are examined, and special focus is given to the contrast between scarcity and abundance of information. A number of pressing issues in the processing of information are also identified.
This authoritative Companion will serve as a fundamental resource for policymakers, economists, sociologists, information scientists, communication scholars, and political scientists. Postgraduate students and academic researchers interested in the economics of innovation, industrial economics, technology and ICT will similarly benefit from this Companion.
Featuring contributions from acclaimed international scholars, chapters expertly analyse the role of information for economic processes. From asymmetric information to AI and digital influencers, they examine the latest developments in research and the practical problems raised by recent innovative technologies while discussing important policy implications. Major themes such as information and disinformation, inequality, information asymmetry, innovation, informational influence, payment and value are examined, and special focus is given to the contrast between scarcity and abundance of information. A number of pressing issues in the processing of information are also identified.
This authoritative Companion will serve as a fundamental resource for policymakers, economists, sociologists, information scientists, communication scholars, and political scientists. Postgraduate students and academic researchers interested in the economics of innovation, industrial economics, technology and ICT will similarly benefit from this Companion.
Critical Acclaim
‘Current and Thought-Provoking! This edited book on information economics presents a timely picture of the dynamics of the information economy given the digital revolution and the interaction between bits and markets. It features contributions from prominent researchers in the field, who distill years of academic research into their chapters. Academic researchers and policymakers will benefit from the authors’ insights on topics such as information asymmetry, innovation, and crowdfunding.’
– Raquel Benhunan-Fich, Baruch College, New York, NY, US
– Raquel Benhunan-Fich, Baruch College, New York, NY, US
Contributors
Contributors include: Niv Ahituv, Nicola Argelli, Johannes M. Bauer, Dominika Bochańczyk-Kupka, David Bodoff, Grigori Borta, Sandra Braman, Valeriu Cernei, Xiaoyu Chen, Alton Y.K. Chua, Roei Davidson, Wolfram Elsner, Wojciech Giza, Erkan Gürpınar, Ruoyan Kong, Joseph A. Konstan, Andrew Kosenko, Ming Li, Ting Liu, Pedro A. Martín-Cervantes, María del Carmen Valls Martínez, Ewa Wanda Maruszewska, Avraham (Avi) Noy, Serghei Ohrimenco, Pau Olivella, Eyüp Özveren, Filippo Pavesi, Giuseppe Pernagallo, Tiago S. Prado, Daphne Raban, Shimon Schwartz, Massimo Scotti, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Wolfgang G. Stock, Ilan Talmud, Maciej Tuszkiewicz, Julia Włodarczyk
