The Y2K scare: causes, costs and cures

The worldwide scare over the 'Y2K bug result in the expenditure of hundreds of billions of dollars on Y2K compliance and conversion policies. Most of this can be seen, in retrospect, to have been unproductive or, at least, misdirected. In this paper, the technological and institutional factors leading to the adoption of these policies are considered, along with suggestions as to how such policy failures could be avoided in future.

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Year of publication:	2004-02
Authors:	Quiggin, John
Institutions:	Risk and Sustainable Management Group (RSMG), School of Economics
Subject:	Y2K \| moral panics

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Australian Public Policy Program Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number WPP04_1
Classification:	H89 - Miscellaneous Issues. Other
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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