Information Economics

Author: Lai Maosheng
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is a national-level planning teaching material for the 15th Five-Year Plan in general higher education, compiled by the author through years of teaching and research accumulation, and drawing on and absorbing relevant research results from domestic and international fields. The book consists of 12 chapters, divided into several continuous modules:
- Introduction
- Theoretical Foundation (Chapters 2-3)
- Micro Analysis of Information Goods and Information Resources (Chapters 4-5)
- Macro Analysis of Information Resources and the Information Industry (Chapters 6-7)
- Economic Analysis of Informatization (Chapters 8-9)
- Analysis of Information Systems, E-commerce, and the Network Economy (Chapters 10-12)
The main features of the book are:
(1) Unity and completeness of the knowledge system in terms of disciplinary logic, organically integrating two relatively independent parts: asymmetric information economics and information economics research;
(2) Includes content such as information goods, economics of information resources, economics of the information industry, economics of information systems, economics of e-commerce, and economics of the network economy, reflecting the new developments in information economics;
(3) Extensively incorporates cutting-edge or hot topics in current information economics research, such as information rent and rent-seeking, information paradox, IT governance, informatization and its planning;
(4) Originality in some parts of the content.
This textbook is suitable for senior undergraduate or graduate students in relevant fields. Instructors can select teaching content based on local needs.