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War Signals: A Theory of Trade, Trust, and Conflict

Rohner, Dominic ; Thoenig, Mathias ; Zilibotti, Fabrizio

In: Review of Economic Studies, 2013, vol. 80, no. 3, p. 1114-1147

Università della Svizzera italiana

Trading cultural goods in the era of digital piracy

Patuelli, Roberto ; Lionetti, Stefania

The issue of digital piracy as violation of intellectual property rights is a hot button among many governments around the world. Until now, nor legislation or its enforcement have managed to keep up with the most recent technologies facilitating piracy. Piracy rates may significantly affect both internal demand and international trade of cultural goods. This paper aims to empirically assess...