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Is there a piracy Kuznets curve?

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We investigate empirically the relationship between software piracy and GDP per capita by considering non-linear effects. We use a panel data analysis for 100 countries over a period of 15 years. We remedy several previous econometric and methodological shortcomings and show that piracy follows a Kuznets-like curve. Concretely, piracy first increases with the level of GDP per capita, reaches a maximum, and then decreases at higher levels of income. Making people richer can be the best way to decrease piracy over the long-term horizon. Intellectual property rights holders should not aim for a decrease of piracy per se, but rather a decrease of piracy in those circumstances where it is most likely to be substituted by legal sales. Economic growth can generate by itself incentives to curb piracy.

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hal-01994858 , version 1 (25-01-2019)

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Sana El Harbi, Gilles Grolleau, Insaf Bekir. Is there a piracy Kuznets curve?. Review of Law and Economics, 2012, 8 (2), pp.433--456. ⟨10.1515/1555-5879.1527⟩. ⟨hal-01994858⟩
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