Software Piracy and Productivity: Evidence from Developing Countries

Authors : Jülide YALÇINKAYA KOYUNCU, Mustafa ÜNVER

Pages : 889-897

Doi:10.36362/gumus.1274058

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Publication Date : 2023-10-09

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this paper, we attempt to investigate the effect of usage of pirated software on productivity by utilizing three distinct indicators of productivity for developing countries and an unbalanced panel data set containing the years between 2003 and 2017. Our hypothesis claims that increase in the use of pirated software enhance the productivity level in developing countries. Firstly, we implemented univariate analyses and the results of univariate analyses implied that the usage of pirated software and productivity are positively and significantly related in all of three models. Secondly, three control variables insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(i.e., education, investment, and openness); were employed in our three productivity models in order to check if the findings of univariate analyses remain valid and robust. After inclusion of the three control variables, the statistically significant positive association between the use of pirated software and productivity were observed in all models. Regarding to control variables, they take expected signs whenever they are statistically significant.
Keywords : Yazılım Korsanlığı, Verimlilik, Gelişmekte Olan Ülkeler, Panel Çalışma