TY - JOUR TI - Information as an Economic Commodity T2 - HSE Economic Journal IS - HSE Economic Journal KW - information KW - markets KW - equilibrium KW - prices KW - rationality AB - The role of information as a commodity in economic system is studied. It is shown that the information can influence the economic models consequences as well as the behavior of economic agents. The role of information on the markets is studied, in particular, the influence of information on the crises. The problems of information acquisition are considered and mechanisms of economic decision making under asymmetry of information are discussed. AU - Kennet Arrow UR - https://ej.hse.ru/en/2012-16-2/64133228.html PY - 2012 SP - 161-171 VL - 16