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Hal R. Varian
Researcher at Google
Publications - 258
Citations - 42185
Hal R. Varian is an academic researcher from Google. The author has contributed to research in topics: The Internet & Public good. The author has an hindex of 74, co-authored 257 publications receiving 40181 citations. Previous affiliations of Hal R. Varian include National Bureau of Economic Research & Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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12. Use and Abuse of Network Effects
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TL;DR: The term "network effects" has a clear meaning in economics but non-economists often confuse it with other concepts such as increasing returns to scale and learning-by-doing.
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Pricing the Internet
TL;DR: In this article, a smart-market mechanism for pricing traffic on the Internet is proposed, and the authors discuss the components of an efficient pricing structure, including technology and costs relevant to pricing access to and usage of the Internet.
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Economic FACs about the Internet
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the current state of the Internet, discuss some of the pressing economic and regulatory problems, and speculate about future developments, and present a set of frequently asked questions about the economic, institutional, and technological structure of the internet.