Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76359 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 806
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
The new information and communication technology, ICT, induces households to take over tasks from firms and government agencies, using tools and systems provided by these very same organizations. The result is often joint production activities. We argue that the importance of ICT for the exchange process between households and organizations is underestimated by only considering the consequences for the last stage of the process, i.e., the final purchase of goods and services. Our analysis of household behavior utilizes a modified version of Gary Becker's model of the household as a combined producer-consumer.
Subjects: 
internet information
e-exchange
household production
co-production
household power
exit/voice
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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