"The model aimed to rationalize several puzzles observed in the industry, such as why Red Hat, a high-quality firm, contributes significantly more to Linux than any other firm and why a market with mandatory sharing can actually produce higher-quality products than a proprietary market."
I'll bet that FOSS experience does increases one's job prospects. Sounds like a great empirical project!
A bloggy lit review on the economics of FOSS.
"The definitive collection of research into Open Source software"