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This report uses a standard gravity setup to analyse the determinants of e-commerce, using data on online credit card payments by private Spanish customers of the multinational bank BBVA. The results show that the gravity model applies well to credit card payments, explaining up to 95% of the...
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This paper aims to complement the OECD Recommendation of the Council on Consumer Protection in E-Commerce by elaborating on its key principles in the context of online advertising and offering practical guidance on how to apply these principles. For these purposes, the guide provides a number of...
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Problems in e-commerce can lead to significant consumer harm (detriment), for example, when consumers have to pay more for a product than they reasonably expected (e.g. due to hidden costs); suffer from unfair contract terms; or receive products that do not conform to their reasonable...
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Malware attacks are increasing both in frequency and sophistication, thus posing a serious threat to the Internet …
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The Internet began as a communication tool but has transformed into a universal technology supporting virtually all … sectors across the economy, much in the same way as electricity and water networks. Given the importance of the Internet …, there is a high level of interest in being able to measure the Internet economy as a way to understand the effects of …
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their implementation at the national and international levels. It focuses on seven main themes: access to the Internet via a … sustainable growth; understanding the data-driven Internet economy and the development of smarter applications; cybersecurity and … privacy; empowering and protecting consumers; ensuring an open Internet economy; and ensuring global participation in the …
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Since the Seoul Declaration, access to broadband networks and the Internet have constantly increased. In terms of fixed … access to the Internet. Some countries have furthermore invested public funds in the deployment of fibre networks. …
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