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Internet interconnection: how the Economics of Convention can inform the discourse on internet governance

Author: Meier-Hahn, U.
Published in: Conference Proceedings GigaNet, 9
Year: 2014
Type: Academic articles

Internet governance research has a tradition of focussing on institutions and formalised steering processes. But modes of coordina- tion which do not fit these criteria also shape the operation and evolution of the internet and should also be included in an analytical framework for internet governance. In this article, the Economics of Convention is presented as a theoretical backdrop for the analysis of such phenomena. This analytical perspective is then used to shed a detailed light on internet interconnection arrangements. The findings of this exercise are then discussed with regard to their meaning for internet governance.

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