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Extraction-by-design : auditing infrastructures of datafication in babytracking apps

Pybus, Jennifer; Matheson, Katrina Nicole; … - 2026

Millions of parents across Europe use mobile baby-tracking applications. These digital aides generate intimate data sets by accessing sensitive information about (un)born babies, pregnancies, and family caregiving routines. Crucially, the tracking infrastructures embedded in these apps enable...

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What is the value of attention? : supply and demand estimation of attention in a mobile app setting

Orrenius, Johan - 2026

I study the digital market for attention in a freemium mobile game where users choose between paying with money or by watching 30-second video ads. Using unique event-level data, I estimate consumers' supply elasticity of attention. In the aggregate, a one percent higher price increases the...

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Choosing product space : lessons from the app economy

Jamison, Mark A.; Yu, Byoungmin - 2026

Firms often choose with whom to compete and how similar or how different their products should be relative to those of their rivals. This paper investigates this issue in the app economy by studying the determinants of mobile app success. We leverage natural language processing and unsupervised...

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Apps and knowledge contributing to creating value for ehealth solutions

Grijalvo, Mercedes; Ordieres-Meré, Joaquín; … - 2026

Mobile applications for multiple sclerosis (MS) hold growing potential for self-management and remote monitoring. However, research on how they generate value for patients and other stakeholders remains limited. Existing studies emphasize usability or adoption, while overlooking their role...

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Sherlocking : the effects of platform-owner entry on the competitive behavior of third-party firms

Leyden, Benjamin T. - 2026

I study how third-party firms respond when a platform owner enters its own marketplace, analyzing Apple's entries into App Store submarkets from 2016-2021. Using text embeddings to define markets and a staggered difference-in-differences design, I find that Apple's entry deters new competitors...

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Generative AI for surveys on payment apps : AI views on privacy and technology

Takahashi, Koji; Park, Joon Suk - 2026

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The impact of behavioral design and users’ choice on smartphone app usage and willingness to pay : a framed field experiment

Timko, Christina; Adena, Maja - 2026

Behavioral design in smartphone apps aims at inducing certain, monetizable behavior, mainly increased engagement, measurable by usage time. Such design is rarely transparent and often restricts users' ability to make alternative choices. In a framed field experiment, we document that behavioral...

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The impact of behavioral design and users' choice on smartphone app usage and willingness to pay : a framed field experiment

Timko, Christina; Adena, Maja - 2026

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Cross-platform entry effects of commission rates : evidence from mobile applications in China

Hou, Jiayi; Teng, Xuan; Wang, Xuan - 2026

This paper studies how commission rates affect app entry across platforms. We examine an increase in Android game commission rate from 30% to 50% in China in 2014 and its impact on Android and iOS app stores, separately, in a difference-in-differences framework. We find a direct negative entry...

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Numerical evaluation of distributed wireless networks at scale

Khalvandi, Reza; Sansò, Brunilde - 2026

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The app economy : making sense of platform power in the age of AI

Kollnig, Konrad - 2026

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Mobile apps have transformed how we live, work and connect – but at what cost? This book examines the immense power Apple and Google wield over society, arising from their control of app stores as well as mobile operating systems and...

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