[epsi-coord] Recently published study: DOES MARGINAL COST PRICING OF PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION SPUR FIRM GROWTH?

Mon Oct 10 08:17:08 BST 2011

Hi Antti,

yes, I had seen it.
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/news/news/finnish_study_on_psi_pricing_of_geo_data

It was mentioned by the Finnish representative (Antti Eskola) at the PSI
Group Meeting in Luxembourg on 13 September, during the presentation of
impact assessment studies on the PSI Directive.

It's an interesting study. It's also worth a bit of time to go through the
study by Graham Vickery that pulls together all kinds of economic studies
into PSI to look at the summary/total picture:
http://www.epsiplatform.eu/news/news/review_of_recent_psi_re_use_studies_published

best,
Ton

-------------------------------------------
Interdependent Thoughts
Ton Zijlstra

ton at tonzijlstra.eu
+31-6-34489360

http://zylstra.org/blog
-------------------------------------------

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Antti Poikola <antti.poikola at gmail.com>wrote:

>  In case if you haven't noticed -> a recently published study from Finland
> (study compares 15 countries).* *I haven't read it yet. As far as I know
> the study was ordered by one of the governmental working groups, whichs is
> trying to reach consensus regarding the pricing issues.
>
>
> http://www.etla.fi/julkaisuhaku.php?type=details&id=1853
>
>   *DOES MARGINAL COST PRICING OF PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION SPUR FIRM
> GROWTH? *   *28.09.2011*  Keywords: public sector information, pricing,
> firm growth, technology policy
>
> Asiasanat: julkinen tieto, hinnoittelu, yritysten kasvu,
> teknologiapolitiikka
> JEL: L25, L84, O38     *Koski, Heli*
> Abstract: The firm-level data concerning re-users of geographical
> information (GI) active in architectural and engineering activities and
> related technical consultancy sector from 15 countries during the year
> 2000-2007 suggests that the pricing of public sector GI strongly relates to
> the firms’ sales growth. Firms functioning in the countries in which public
> sector agencies provide fundamental geographical information either freely
> or at maximum marginal costs have grown, on average, aboutr 15 percent more
> per annum than the firms in the countries in which public sector GI is
> priced according to the cost-recovery principle. The
> difference-in-difference estimations further show that positive growth
> impact materializes already one year after switching to the marginal cost
> pricing scheme but a stronger boost to the firm growth takes place with a
> two year lag. Interestingly, marginal cost pricing has not generated notable
> growth among the large firms; it has been SMEs benefiting most from cheaper
> geographical information. It seems credible that switching to marginal cost
> pricing of public sector information (PSI) substantially lowers SMEs’
> barriers to enter new market areas in the provision of GI-based products and
> services.
>
> _______________________________________________
> epsi-coord mailing list
> epsi-coord at lists.okfn.org
> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/epsi-coord
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/private/epsi-coord/attachments/20111010/52645a78/attachment.htm>