Hope that this is new to everyone here-- === \\ Paper: ewp-comp/9401001 From: Hal Varian <hal@alfred.econ.lsa.umich.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 94 14:58:07 -0500 Title:Some Economics of the Internet Author:Jeffrey K.~MacKie-Mason Hal R. Varian Institution: University of Michigan, Dept of Economics WPA References: None Comments: Postscript file submitted via ftp in compressed format. \\ This is a preliminary version of a paper prepared for the Tenth Michigan Public Utility Conference at Western Michigan University March 25--27, 1992. We describe the history, technology and cost structure of the Internet. We also describe a possible smart-market mechanism for pricing traffic on the Internet. \\ \\ Paper: ewp-comp/9401002 From: Hal Varian <hal@alfred.econ.lsa.umich.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 94 15:00:22 -0500 Title:Pricing the Internet Author:Jeffrey K.~MacKie-Mason Hal R. Varian Institution: University of Michigan, Dept of Economics WPA References: None Comments: Postscript file submitted via ftp in compressed format. \\ This paper was prepared for the conference ``Public Access to the Internet,'' JFK School of Government, May 26--27 , 1993. We describe some of the technology and costs relevant to pricing access to and usage of the Internet, and discuss the components of an efficient pricing structure. We suggest a possible smart-market mechanism for pricing traffic on the Internet. \\ The easiest way to locate these papers is to do a Veronica search on the string "Economics of the Internet". If you can only handle ftp, the documents are archived on the anonymous ftp server in the Department of Economics at Washington University. ftp:econwpa.wustl.edu:/econ-wp/comp/papers/9401 The two papers whose abstract appears above are in compressed postscript form as, 9401001.ps.Z and 9401002.ps.Z