| Article ID: | iaor200339 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 137 |
| End Page Number: | 149 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Journal: | Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management |
| Authors: | Gottschalk Petter, Krokan Arne |
| Keywords: | government, economics, planning, cost benefit analysis |
A paradox seems to emerge when public information is priced without associated costs of electronic distribution. This paper investigates this paradox in light of recent Norwegian government policymaking. The picture seems to be that neither pricing principles nor practices are consistent with information policies, technological advances or theories of information economics.