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Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data

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ID23323219
AuthorsCharles I Jones (Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, and NBER (email: )), Christopher Tonetti (Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, and NBER (email: ))
Year2020
Volume110
Issue9
Pages2819-2858
Publication date2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Economic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-8282 • E-ISSN: 1944-7981
PublisherAmerican Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1257/aer.20191330
OpenAlexW2910976764
LanguageEN
Citations received54
References cited20

Data is nonrival: a person’s location history, medical records, and driving data can be used by many firms simultaneously. Nonrivalry leads to increasing returns. As a result, there may be social gains to data being used broadly across firms, even in the presence of privacy considerations. Fearing creative destruction, firms may choose to hoard their data, leading to the inefficient use of nonrival data. Giving data property rights to consumers can generate allocations that are close to optimal. Consumers balance their concerns for privacy against the economic gains that come from selling data broadly. (JEL C80, D11, D21, D83, E22, K11, O34)

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