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The digitization of content has led to the emergence of platforms that draw information from multiple sources. Policymakers are concerned that these new platforms threaten incentives for the production of original content. As a result, policymakers are contemplating regulations that would force...
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This paper analyzes the extent to which the Internet's global domain name resolution (DNS) system has preserved its …
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Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological … adoption of broadband internet in firms. Our results suggest that broadband internet improves (worsens) the labor outcomes and … internet. We find suggestive evidence that broadband adoption in firms complements skilled workers in executing nonroutine …
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The effect of website provision on the demand for German women's magazines is analyzed using differentiated product … demand models estimated on panel data that cover the period 1990 2000. Descriptive evidence on the magazines' website … contents suggests that websites are used to provide supplementary information and to advertise the current print issue. Website …
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We study the effect of hospital adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) on health outcomes, particularly patient safety indicators (PSIs). We find evidence of a positive impact of EMRs on PSIs via decision support rather than care coordination. Consistent with this mechanism, we find an...
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This paper provides direct empirical evidence on the relationship between technology and firms' global sourcing strategies. Using new data on U.S. firms' decisions to contract for manufacturing services from domestic or foreign suppliers, I show that a firm's adoption of communication technology...
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We examine the relationship between the adoption of EMR and hospital operating costs. We first identify a puzzle that has been seen in prior studies: Adoption of EMR is associated with a slight cost increase. We draw on the literature on IT and productivity to demonstrate that the average effect...
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The internet has facilitated the creation of new markets characterized by large scale, increased customization, rapid …-commerce, internet job matching and financial exchanges, and other internet platforms. I also discuss the empirical evidence on … competition and consumer behavior in internet markets and some directions for future research …
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We use Adobe Analytics data on online transactions for millions of products in many different categories from 2014 to 2017 to shed light on how online inflation compares to overall inflation, and to gauge the magnitude of new product bias online. The Adobe data contain transaction prices and...
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The economic literature on online auctions is rapidly growing because of the enormous amount of freely available field data. Moreover, numerous innovations in auction-design features on platforms such as eBay have created excellent research opportunities. In this article, we survey the...
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