Publication: Open Source Software Production
Loading...
Open/View Files
Date
2025-04-22
Authors
Published Version
Published Version
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you.
Citation
Gortmaker, Jeffrey Beck. 2025. Open Source Software Production. Doctoral Dissertation, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Abstract
This thesis consists of three essays in industrial organization, with a common focus on the production of open source software (OSS)---computer programs freely available for use and modification. The first chapter is an empirical study of how growing government involvement may affect the production of this critical public good. The second and third chapters are methodological, offering recommended practices for Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes (1995)-style estimation of differentiated product systems, along with my own contribution to OSS: a supporting software package PyBLP.
Description
Other Available Sources
Research Data
Keywords
Economics, Economic theory, Statistics
Terms of Use
This article is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material (LAA), as set forth at Terms of Service