This paper uses firm-level data from the Flash Eurobarometer 421 survey conducted in June 2015 in 34 European countries to investigate the link between having a website and international firm activities in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We find that firms that are present on the web...

Internet users often neglect website privacy policies because of the “transparency paradox” – when the privacy policy languages are lengthy, complex, and granular in details, often requiring sophisticated comprehension. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile for us to identify the critical...

Given the lack of activity in China’s offline economy during the COVID-19 quarantine period, online prices provide new insights for analyzing the impacts of the pandemic on the economy. Using online prices from 107 websites in China and the DiD method to remove the Spring Festival effect, we...