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Much of today’s software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the …
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matched-model price indexes for personal computer database software. Our database covers the price development in Germany from … 1986 to 1994. Quality-adjusted software prices decline by 7.4 percent according to our hedonic index. Surprisingly, a … software product. The estimation results also confirm the importance of network effects. Code compatibility, i.e. the …
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We analyze the effect of the Öresund Bridge, a combined railway and motorway bridge between Swedish Malmö and the Danish capital Copenhagen, on inventive activity in the region of Malmö. Applying difference-in-difference estimation on individual-level data, our findings suggest that the...
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We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel …
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