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Sailer, Katharina - 2021

This paper proposes a framework for demand estimation with data on bids, bidders' identities, and auction covariates from a sequence of eBay auctions. First the aspect of bidding in a marketplace environment is developed. From the simple dynamic auction model with IPV and private bidding costs...

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Speed 2.0 - Evaluating Access to Universal Digital Highways

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Koutroumpis, Pantelis; Valletti, Tommaso - 2015

This paper shows that having access to a fast Internet connection is an important determinant of capitalization effects … average property from a high-speed first-generation broadband connection (offering Internet speed up to 8 Mbit/s) would …

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Net Neutrality and Internet Fragmentation: The Role of Online Advertising

D'Annunzio, Anna; Russo, Antonio - 2015

We investigate the relation between Net Neutrality regulation and Internet fragmentation. We model a two-sided market …, where Content Providers (CPs) and consumers interact through Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and CPs sell consumers … identify an important link between termination fees, the online advertising market and Internet fragmentation. We extend the …

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Digital piracy: Theory

Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - 2010

This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...

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The Impact of Price Adjustment Costs on Price Dispersion in E-Commerce

Böheim, René - 2019

We analyze price dispersion using panel data from a large price comparison site. We use past pricing behavior to instrument for potential endogeneity that might result from the selection of firms to certain product markets. We find that greater price adjustment costs result in greater price...

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The Impact of Price Adjustment Costs on Price Dispersion in E-Commerce

Böheim, René; Hackl, Franz; Hölzl-Leitner, Michael - 2019

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An economists guide to digital music

Peitz, Martin; Waelbroeck, Patrick - 2004

In this guide, we discuss the impact of digitalization on the music industry. We rely on market and survey data at the international level as well as expert statements from the industry. The guide investigates recent developments in legal and technological protection of digital music and...

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The Gilets Jaunes : Offline and Online

Boyer, Pierre C. - 2020

We study the Gilets jaunes movement, which blocked most of France off in November 2018. We first analyze the complementarity/substitutability between the different forms of mobilization and find that blockades were planned online and later reinforced online activism. Second, we do textual...

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Online Political Debates

D'Amico, Leonardo; Tabellini, Guido Enrico - 2022

We study how individuals comment on political news posted on Reddit’s main political forum during the 2016 US Presidential Election. We present two main findings. First, opposite partisan users comment on the same news sources, but on different news. Second, partisan users behave very...

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How social reputation networks interact with competition in anonymous online trading: an experimental study

Bolton, Gary E.; Loebbecke, Claudia; Ockenfels, Axel - 2008

Many Internet markets rely on feedback systems', essentially social networks of reputation, to facilitate trust and …

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