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Policy Deviations, Uncertainty, and the European Court of Justice
Hefeker, Carsten - 2013
The implementation of European Union directives into national law is at the discretion of member states. We analyze incentives for member states to deviate from these directives when the European Commission may sue a defecting member state and rulings at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) are...
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On the Many Ways Europeanization Matters : The Implementation of the Water Reform in Italy (1994-2006)
Asquer, Alberto - 2013
'horizontal' interaction between domestic actors and how these actors make use of stimuli originating from the EU. This paper aims … the period between 1994 and 2006. The analysis shows the role played by the use of monetary incentives provided by EU … funding sources, by changes in the institutional context partially originating from EU factors, and by the rulings of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013095276
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Opt in Versus Opt Out : A Free-Entry Analysis of Privacy Policies
Degryse, Hans - 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 - anonymity, opt in, and opt out - within a two-period model of...
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'Now that You Mention It' : A Survey Experiment on Information, Salience and Online Privacy
Marreiros, Helia - 2016
Personal data lie at the forefront of different business models and constitute the main source of revenue of several online companies. In many cases, consumers have incomplete information about the digital transactions of their data. This paper investigates whether highlighting positive or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996793
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ICT Adoption in Micro and Small Firms : Can Internet Access Improve Labor Productivity?
Viollaz, Mariana - 2018
This paper analyzes the impact of internet adoption on labor productivity in Peruvian micro and small manufacturing firms over the period 2011-2013. Instrumental variables estimates show that internet adoption: (i) increases firms' labor productivity; (ii) reallocates employment away from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926543
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Sources of the German Productivity Demise - Tracing the Effects of Industry-Level ICT Investment
Eicher, Theo S. - 2007
While the US experienced two successive labor productivity surges in 1995 and 2000, Germany's productivity declined dramatically during the same period. We examine the sources of Germany's productivity demise using the ifo industry growth accounting database that provides detailed industry-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777731
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Technology and Education : Computers, Software, and the Internet
Bulman, George - 2015
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011649
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Communications Technology and Terrorism
Mahmood, Rafat - 2020
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/10012852045
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Access to Technology and the Transfer Function of Community Colleges : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2014
Access to information may represent an important barrier to learning about and ultimately transferring to 4-year colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in particular, plays in enhancing, or possibly detracting from,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047318
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The Impact of Digital Technologies on Worker Tasks : Do Labor Policies Matter?
Almeida, Rita - 2018
Between 1999 and 2006, Brazilian cities experienced strong growth in the provision of internet services, driven in part by the privatization of the telecommunications industry. A main concern of policymakers is that digital technology replaces routine, manual tasks, displacing lower-skilled...
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