Illegal music downloading in Singapore from a behavioural economics perspective.

• Main Authors: Kow, Cecilia Yee Boon., Ng, Li Min., Teo, Ya Chih.
• Other Authors: David Alexander Reisman
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35239
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores the motivation behind illegal music downloading in Singapore from a behavioural economic perspective. The individual’s illegal downloading activities can be likened to cheating the record companies by a small amount. As suggested by behavioural economists such as Dan Ariely, p...