The Basic Economics of Internet Infrastructure
梳理互联网基础设施的经济学基础,探讨其经济价值、改进激励及关键政策问题,适合关注互联网治理与公共政策的学者。
The internet’s structure and operations remain invisible to most economists. What determines the economic value of internet infrastructure and the incentives to improve it? What are the open research questions for the most salient policy issues? This article reviews the basic economics of internet infrastructure, focusing attention on the economic questions motivated by public aspirations for ubiquitous availability and widespread adoption of internet protocols.