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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 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593240
In this paper we contend that – contrary to what argued by a vast part of the literature – computer software and, more in general, digital goods (i.e. symbolic strings on an electronic medium with some eco- nomic value) do not present the characteristics of a public good as they do not...
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In a monopoly setting where consumers cannot observe the quality of the product we show that free samples which are of a lower quality than the marketed digital goods are used together with high prices as signals for a superior quality if the number of informed consumers is small and if the...
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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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Blogs differ from other media in that authors are usually not remunerated and inscribe themselves in communities of similarly minded individuals. Bloggers value reciprocal attention, interaction with other bloggers and information from reading other blogs; they value being read but also writing...
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With the current growth in broadband penetration, Internet is likely to be the data collection mode of choice for … panel of respondents, either to an Internet or in-person interview mode. Our design is better able than previous mode … 10 percent level. Results are quite encouraging for the use of Internet as values do not seem to be significantly …
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This paper analyzes the process of Internet diffusion across the world using a panel of 199 countries during the time … interval 1990-2004. We group countries in two categories, low and high income countries, and show that the Internet diffusion … “catching up” process, although a very slow one. We next explore the determinants of Internet diffusion at the country level and …
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The present analysis looks at how scientists use the Internet for informal scientific communication. It investigates … the relationship between several explanatory variables and Internet use for social communication, information retrieval …-based analyses. In particular, it corroborated a positive relationship between scientific productivity and Internet use. Furthermore …
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Does the Internet provide a failsafe against media consolidation in the wake of an easing of media ownership rules …? This paper posits a model of news outlet selection on the Internet in which consumers experience cognitive costs that …, dispersion of consumer visitation across outlets inevitably declines. Consequently, independent Internet outlets may fail to …
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