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System Reliability and Free Riding

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Economics of Information Security

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Varian, H. (2004). System Reliability and Free Riding. In: Camp, L.J., Lewis, S. (eds) Economics of Information Security. Advances in Information Security, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-8090-5_1

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