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Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - CESifo - 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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E-Lections: Voting Behavior and the Internet

Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2012

This paper analyses the effect of information disseminated by the Internet on voting behavior. We address endogeneity in Internet availability by exploiting regional and technological peculiarities of the preexisting voice telephony network that hinder the roll-out of fixed-line broadband...

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The Endgame of Telecommunications Policy? A Survey

Vogelsang, Ingo - CESifo - 2013

Will telecommunications policy in the form of industry-specific regulation go away? A literature review of the five policy areas (1) termination monopoly, (2) local bottleneck access, (3) net neutrality, (4) spectrum management, and (5) universal service suggests that in some of them a move to...

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Will the U.S. and EU Telecommunications Policies Converge? A Survey

Vogelsang, Ingo - CESifo - 2014

Currently, U.S. and EU telecommunications policies differ in many respects. For example, wholesale access to local loops is largely deregulated in the U.S. but continues to be regulated in the EU. Or, the U.S. has an elaborate universal service policy with a set of universal service funds and...

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It is a Theft but not a Crime

Balestrino, Alessandro - CESifo - 2007

Why do people who normally refrain from committing illegalities become digital pirates? In this paper we use a theoretical model of digital piracy combined with a game-theoretic mechanism of social norm formation to argue that no social stigma is attached to digital piracy because the latter has...

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The Effect of Internet Piracy on CD Sales: Cross-Section Evidence

Peitz, Martin; Waelbroeck, Patrick - CESifo - 2004

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An Economist’s Guide to Digital Music

Peitz, Martin; Waelbroeck, Patrick - CESifo - 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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Piracy of Digital Products: A Critical Review of the Economics Literature

Peitz, Martin; Waelbroeck, Patrick - CESifo - 2003

a wide-spread phenomenon – this can be illustrated by the surge of file-sharing networks. In this paper we provide a …

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IMF Surveillance and Financial Markets - A Political Economy Analysis

Fratzscher, Marcel; Reynaud, Julien - CESifo - 2010

surveillance emerging as a key function. The paper analyses how IMF surveillance announcements may be influenced by political power … for IMF surveillance. For a set of emerging market economies, the paper finds that financial markets react more favorable … to PIN releases for politically influential member countries. Moreover, IMF surveillance appears to be systematically …

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Opt In Versus Opt Out: A Free-Entry Analysis of Privacy Policies

Bouckaert, Jan; Degryse, Hans - CESifo - 2006

There is much debate on how the flow of information between firms should be organized, and whether existing privacy … laws should be amended. We offer a welfare comparison of the three main current policies towards consumer privacy … costly to opt in or opt out, privacy policies shape firms’ ability to collect and use customer information, and affect their …

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