technology. In particular, this research uses firm-level data for Germany and the UK to examine the impact of capital incentive …

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 …

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 …