Pirated Economics

Zakaria Babutsidze

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Abstract: I argue that the impact of piracy engines for scholarly content on science depends on the nature of the research. Social sciences are more likely to reap benefits from such engines without inflicting much damage on journal publishers' revenues. To validate the claim, I examine the data from illegal downloads of economics content from Sci-Hub over a five-month period. I conclude that: (a) the extent of piracy in economics is not pervasive; (b) downloads mostly occur in under-developed countries; (c) users pirate even content that is freely available online.

Keywords: Economics; Scientific researcher; Open access publishing; Online Privacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-09
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Published in South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics, 2018, 16 (2), pp.209 - 219

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