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Application of a Microeconomic Approach for Explanation of Citizen Participation in Open Government

The digital economy and the sharing economy have changed the role citizens may acquire in society. Citizens can perform at least two roles from the open government perspective: on the one hand, they can be passive users/demanders of information and, on the other hand, they can provide or produce the...

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Published in:Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research 2023-12, Vol.19 (1), p.40-53
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