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The effect of Internet piracy on CD sales : cross-section evidence

Peitz, Martin; Waelbroeck, Patrick - 2004

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Piracy of digital products : a critical review of the economics literature

Peitz, Martin; Waelbroeck, Patrick - 2003

Digital products have the property that they can be copied almost costlessly. This makes them candidates for non-commercial copying by final consumers. Because the copy of a copy typically does not deteriorate in quality, copying products can become a wide-spread phenomenon this can be...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011511066

On virtual economies

Castronova, Edward - 2002

Several million people currently have accounts in massively multi-player online games, places in cyberspace that are effectively large-scale shared virtual reality environments. The population of these virtual worlds has grown rapidly since their inception in 1996; significantly, each world also...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410451

The price of "Man" and "Woman" : a hedonic pricing model of avatar attributes in a synthetic world

Castronova, Edward - 2003

This paper explores a unique new source of social valuation: a market for bodies. The internet hosts a number of large …

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Net neutrality and inflation of traffic

Peitz, Martin; Schütt, Florian - 2015

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The economics of Internet media

Peitz, Martin; Reisinger, Markus - 2014

have gone hand-in-hand with new players entering media markets, including search engines and Internet service providers …We survey the economics literature on media as it applies to the Internet. The Internet is an important driver behind … media convergence and connects information and communication technologies. While new Internet media share some properties …

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Net neutrality: a fast lane to understanding the trade-offs

Greenstein, Shane M.; Peitz, Martin; Valletti, Tommaso M. - 2016

The "net neutrality" principle has triggered a heated debate and advocates have proposed policy interventions. In this paper, we provide perspective by framing issues in terms of the positive economic factors at work. We stress the incentives of market participants, and highlight the economic...

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