Economische effecten van hergebruik van overheidsinformatie

1. Economische effecten van hergebruik van overheidsinformatie Robbin te Velde Utrecht, 27 september 2007

2. Economische effecten van hergebruik van overheidsinformatie Waar hebben we het over?

3. The Psilosopher’s Stone • Government is a major producer of information. • There is a lot of money involved in the commercial exploitation of information. • Public sector information is a potential pot of gold.

4. ‘cost recovery model’ ‘open access model’ 0.8% of GDP 7.7 % of GDP PIRA (2000). Or the Origin of PSI Wealth Economic Potential of PSI in Europe and US (billions of Euro)

5. The Deflation of PSI Wealth, overview Economic Potential of PSI in Europe (billions of Euro)

6. Economische effecten van hergebruik van overheidsinformatie Overheid versus markt

7. Public Sector Body Private firm Private firm Use versus re-use Public sector USE Private sector information holder Private sector RE-USE

8. Public Mine and Private Thine Ministry of Economic Affairs (1997). Market and government. Rules of game for fair competition between public organisations and private enterprises [NL] : • PSI should be made available to third parties on a non-discriminatory basis at uniform prices. • Information services directly linked to the ‘public task’ are allowed, all other (commercial or value-added) services are forbidden. • Additional (value-added) information services may only be provided by the public sector when there is a public need for such services, and no private company is already (or soon will be) providing a similar service.

9. Economische effecten van hergebruik van overheidsinformatie Informatie is een raar goedje

10. Basic characteristics of information goods(a.k.a. priceless PSI) • Very costly to produce first copy, very cheap to produce subsequent copies (MC=MR=0, VC=big) • This implies that information goods are inherently nonrival and also nonexcludable. • Hence information goods can only be priced if they are made excludable. But this results in substantial enforcement costs. • Willingness-to-pay usually differs across customers. From a social welfare point of view it is then advantageous to charge different users different prices (versioning). • Knowledge about the preferences of the (many) different user groups is key.

11. Economische effecten van hergebruik van overheidsinformatie Cost-recovery versus open access

12. Private sector information holder Public Sector Information Holder Private firm Private firm Non-commercial Commercial Indirect (and non-)economic effects Direct economic effects So were did all the money go ? Public sector Private sector Data creation Public Sector Body Upgrading Public Sector Body Re-use Final consumption End user End user

13. US has a much stronger private information industry [A] than the EU. B A B A But how much is that due to differences in PSI [B]? B A X B A PIRA (2000). At second glance Economic Potential of PSI in Europe and US (billions of Euro)

14. The Psilosopher’s Stone revisited • Government is a major producer of information. • There is a lot of money involved in the commercial exploitation of information. • Public sector information is important in its own right (Freedom of Information ― indirect economic effects). • Boost the performance of the EU private sector information industry (competition law, industrial policy ― direct economic effects).

15. Q & ARobbin te Velde+31(0)30 2150580tevelde@dialogic.nlwww.dialogic.nl