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This paper examines the impact of transaction costs on economic welfare and development. We extend the static model of Romer (1994), in which transaction costs reduce welfare by the reducing the equilibrium number of intermediate goods, and estimate the welfare losses in the case of domestic...
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Die Diskussion um das digital divide oder die digitale Spaltung, wie sie für den deutschsprachigen Raum übersetzt wird, wird nun schon seit nahezu zehn Jahren intensiv geführt.1 Vor allem im Rahmen der politischen Diskussion hat sich das Bedrohungsszenario einer digitalen Spaltung innerhalb...
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Established payment systems play a dominant role also in B2C e-commerce. Innovative payment systems can only be a success here if they pay attention to the particular features of e-commerce, convey the worth of their value-adding unique selling proposition and enjoy the support of established...
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This research paper investigates the utilization of the Internet for communicating corporate information by the listed … collecting data relating to corporate reporting on the Internet. The study shows that web-based corporate reporting in Bangladesh …
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Rapid growth in Internet use, combined with easy market entry by Internet service providers (ISPs), has resulted in a … highly competitive supply of Internet services. Australian ISPs range in size from a few large national operators to niche …
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Abstract: A driving force behind the emergence of the ‘new’ or information economy is the growth of the internet … paper is to find the magnitude of the external effect on internet network growth. In addition, this paper illustrates the … ability of the panel data to generate estimates of structural parameters capable of explaining internet host growth. …
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We study departures from network neutrality through implementing a Quality of Service tiering regime in which an ISP charges for prioritization on a non-discriminatory basis. We find that Quality of Service tiering may be more efficient in the short run, because it better allocates the existing...
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. We develop a logical framework for assessing the role of the internet in the evolution of social participation. We …
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This paper proposes an evolutionary framework to explore the dynamics of social interaction in an environment characterized by online networking and increasing pressure on time. The model shows how time pressure encourages the choice to develop social interactions also through online networking...
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, genealogists today use the Internet. However, genealogists still need to travel. Genealogy related tourism involves covering … study researched were: Who are genealogists? What are their travel patterns and motivations? How has the Internet impacted … their travel?A total of 1,374 respondents completed Internet based surveys. Respondents were subscribers to genealogy …
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