Economists have noted for decades that Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the developed countries is overstating inflation by 0,5-2,0% per year. A significant part of this bias is found to be caused by the effects of new goods and quality change. Information and communication technology (ICT)...

This paper empirically analyzes how households' PC purchasing behaviors change with market experience. We find that: households generally exhibit inertia in their PC purchases, the level of inertia is increasing as a function of experience on the PC market, and, for households switching brands,...

We present evidence on the impact on students' math and reading scores of one of the largest deployments of an OLPC program and the only one implemented at a national scale: Plan Ceibal in Uruguay. Unlike previous work in the field, we have unique data that allow us to know the exact date of...

Access to information may represent an important barrier to learning about and ultimately transferring to 4-year colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in particular, plays in enhancing, or possibly detracting from,...

Elektronischer Sport – Historische Entwicklung und aktuelle Fragestellungen -- Die wirtschaftliche Perspektive des E-Sports -- E-Sport in Deutschland: Eine Betrachtung aus Perspektive des game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche e. V. -- (E-)Sport im rechtlichen Sinne und privatrechtliche...