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Antitrust, Regulation, and User Union in the Era of Digital Platforms and Big Data
Cong, Lin William; Mayer, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We model platform competition with endogenous data generation, collection, and sharing, thereby providing a unifying framework to evaluate data-related regulation and antitrust policies. Data are jointly produced from users' economic activities and platforms' investments in data infrastructure....
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Big Data and Firm Dynamics
Farboodi, Maryam - 2019
We study a model where firms accumulate data as a valuable intangible asset. Data accumulation affects firms' dynamics. It increases the skewness of the firm size distribution as large firms generate more data and invest more in active experimentation. On the other hand, small data- savvy firms...
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Big Data in Finance and the Growth of Large Firms
Begenau, Juliane - 2018
One of the most important trends in modern macroeconomics is the shift from small firms to large firms. At the same time, financial markets have been transformed by advances in information technology. We explore the hypothesis that the use of big data in financial markets has lowered the cost of...
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Corporate Flexibility in a Time of Crisis
Barry, John W.; Campello, Murillo; Graham, John R.; Ma, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We use the COVID shock to study the direct and interactive effects of several forms of corporate flexibility on short …- and long-term real business plans. We find that i) workplace flexibility, namely the ability for employees to work … remotely, plays a central role in determining firms' employment plans during the health crisis; ii) investment flexibility …
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Revealing Corruption : Firm and Worker Level Evidence from Brazil
Colonnelli, Emanuele; Lagaras, Spyridon; Ponticelli, Jacopo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study how the disclosure of corrupt practices affects the growth of firms involved in illegal interactions with the government using randomized audits of public procurement in Brazil. On average, firms exposed by the anti-corruption program grow larger after the audits, despite experiencing a...
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Economic analysis of the digital economy
Goldfarb, Avi (ed.); Greenstein, Shane M. (contributor);  … - 2015
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Computerization, Obsolescence, and the Length of Working Life
Hudomiet, Peter; Willis, Robert J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper analyzes how computerization affected the labor market outcomes of older workers between 1984 and 2017. Using the computerization supplements of the Current Population Survey (CPS) we show that different occupations were computerized at different times, older workers tended to start...
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Kill Zone
Kamepalli, Sai Krishna - 2020
We study why high-priced acquisitions of entrants by an incumbent do not necessarily stimulate more innovation and entry in an industry (like that of digital platforms) where customers face switching costs and enjoy network externalities. The prospect of an acquisition by the incumbent platform...
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Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products
Park, Yooki - 2005
As it becomes cheaper to copy and share digital content, vendors are turning to technical protections such as encryption. We argue that if protection is nevertheless imperfect, this transition will generally lower the prices of content relative to perfect legal enforcement. However, the effect...
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Demography, Unemployment, Automation, and Digitalization : Implications for the Creation of (Decent) Jobs, 2010–2030
Bloom, David E. - 2018
Globally, an estimated 734 million jobs will be required between 2010 and 2030 to accommodate recent and ongoing demographic shifts, account for plausible changes in labour force participation rates, and achieve target unemployment rates of at or below 4 percent for adults and at or below 8...
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