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Platform Liability and Innovation
Jeon, Doh-Shin; Lefouili, Yassine; Madio, Leonardo - 2022
the presence of such products on innovation and consumer welfare. For a given number of buyers, platform liability … increases innovation by reducing the competitive pressure faced by innovative products. However, there can be a misalignment of … intended effect on innovation. Platform liability tends to increase (decrease) innovation and consumer welfare when the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014244021
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The Endgame of Telecommunications Policy? A Survey
Vogelsang, Ingo - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328750
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Communications Technology and Terrorism
Mahmood, Rafat; Jetter, Michael - 2018
By facilitating the flow of information in society, communications technology (CT; e.g., newspapers, radio, television, the internet) can help terrorists to (i) spread their message, (ii) recruit followers, and (iii) coordinate among group members. However, CT also facilitates monitoring and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872052
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Bundling Demand in K-12 Broadband Procurement
Aryal, Gaurab; Murry, Charles; Pal, Pallavi; Palit, Arnab - 2024
We evaluate the effects of bundling demand for broadband internet by K-12 schools. In 2014, New Jersey switched from decentralized procurements to a new procurement system that bundled schools into four regional groups. Using an event study approach, we find that, on average, prices for...
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In Pursuit of Fairness? Infrastructure Investment in Digital Markets
Kretschmer, Tobias - 2022
Recent and ongoing investments into telecommunications infrastructure have facilitated the repeated waves of digitization, both in personal and professional life. I address the question of which actors should contribute to investment costs into telecoms infrastructure and how. One widely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470272
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Will the U.S. and EU Telecommunications Policies Converge? A Survey
Vogelsang, Ingo - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398584
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In Pursuit of Fairness? Infrastructure Investment in Digital Markets
Kretschmer, Tobias - 2022
Recent and ongoing investments into telecommunications infrastructure have facilitated the repeated waves of digitization, both in personal and professional life. I address the question of which actors should contribute to investment costs into telecoms infrastructure and how. One widely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014243105
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Platform Design and Innovation Incentives : Evidence from the Product Ratings System on Apple's App Store
Leyden, Benjamin T. - 2021
, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224087
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Big Tech Acquisitions and Innovation: An Empirical Assessment
de Barsy, Laureen; Gautier, Axel - 2024
this analysis, we use patent citations as a proxy for the innovation effort by the acquirer. Our main result is to show … that acquisition increases the innovation effort of the acquirer but only temporarily. After 1.5 year, there is no longer a … significant impact of the acquisition on the acquirer's innovation effort. This decline is relatively larger when the acquired …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534299
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Platform Liability and Innovation
Jeon, Doh-Shin; Lefouili, Yassine; Madio, Leonardo - 2022
the presence of such products on innovation and consumer welfare. For a given number of buyers, platform liability … increases innovation by reducing the competitive pressure faced by innovative products. However, there can be a misalignment of … intended effect on innovation. Platform liability tends to increase (decrease) innovation and consumer welfare when the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013427770