In case of digital goods such like music, intellectual property rights are typically not exerted by the creators … (artists) but by intermediaries. Their profits, and therefore also the income of the artists, are endangered by copyright … due to a loss of creativity. However, there is no empirical evidence for that. …

taste for the arts. In addition, we control for the predicted probability to give up music before age 17 as well as the …Despite numerous studies on skill development, we know little about the causal effects of music training on cognitive … and non-cognitive skills. This study examines how long-term music training during childhood and youth affects the …

The use of file-sharing technologies, so-called Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, to copy music files has become common …