Three Essays on the Economics of Digital Privacy

dc.contributor.advisor	Coyne, Christopher J.
dc.contributor.author	Fuller, Caleb Stephen
dc.creator	Fuller, Caleb Stephen
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-21T19:17:22Z
dc.date.available	2018-10-21T19:17:22Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.description	This thesis has been embargoed for 10 years. It will not be available until May 2032 at the earliest.
dc.description.abstract	Is the market for digital privacy a failure? If so, can governments improve on the unhampered outcome? This dissertation explores these related questions. The commercialization of the Internet—in addition to a host of other digital technologies—has pushed the issue of digital privacy to the fore. Surveys show that the modal individual is made uncomfortable by the common practice of Internet companies “tracking” their digital behavior. As a result of this, many scholars argue that the digital marketplace is a “classic market failure” due to information over-collection, and governments worldwide have initiated legislation to regulate the interaction between digital firms and consumers.
dc.description.embargo	2032-01-21
dc.format.extent	142 pages
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1920/11161
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	Copyright 2017 Caleb Stephen Fuller
dc.subject	Economics
dc.title	Three Essays on the Economics of Digital Privacy
dc.type	Dissertation
thesis.degree.discipline	Economics
thesis.degree.grantor	George Mason University
thesis.degree.level	Ph.D.

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