"Do prices respond to macro shocks? Does the mere presence of international frontiers hinder trade? We revisit these questions by studying a dataset of online book prices for a number of US and Canadian retailers. We believe our dataset is well suited to this task for a number of reasons: (1)...

Books have undergone a massive transformation from a physical object to something entirely different: the electronic book, or “e-book”. This report provides background on e-book markets and examines various policy issues related to e-books. These include differing tax rates in countries...

2002 blieb auch der Buchmarkt von der Konjunkturschwäche der deutschen Wirtschaft nicht verschont und verzeichnete leichte Umsatzeinbußen. Dieser unbefriedigende Geschäftsverlauf setzte sich im ersten Halbjahr 2003 mit sinkenden Umsätzen fort. Ab September belebte sich aber die Nachfrage, so...

Publishing is one of the oldest and most influential businesses in the world. It remains an essential creative and knowledge industry, worth over $140 billion a year, which continues to shape our education and culture. Two trends make this a particularly exciting time. The first is the...