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Taxation by Telecommunications Regulation
Hausman, Jerry A. - 2021
Telecommunications regulation in the U.S. is replete with a system of subsidies and taxes. Because of budgetary … so that all public schools and libraries in the U.S. will receive subsidized service to the Internet. The cost of the … of the higher taxation of interstate telephone services to fund the Internet access discounts. I estimate the cost to the …
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The Short-Run Effects of Gdpr on Technology Venture Investment
Jia, Jian - 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in the European Union in May 2018. We study its short …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908155
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Data Privacy and Temptation
Liu, Zhuang; Sockin, Michael; Xiong, Wei - 2022
This paper derives a preference for data privacy from consumers' temptation utility. This approach facilitates a welfare analysis of different data privacy regulations, such as the GDPR enacted by the European Union and the CCPA enacted by the state of California, when a fraction of the...
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Political Determinants of Competition in the Mobile Telecommunication Industry
Faccio, Mara - 2017
government designs the rules of the game has an impact on concentration, competition, and prices. Pro-competition regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965433
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Patent Rights, Product Market Reforms, and Innovation
Aghion, Philippe - 2014
Can patent protection and product market competition complement each other in enhancing incentives to innovate? In this paper, we address this question by investigating how innovation responses to a substantial policy initiative increasing product market competition interact with the strength of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064451
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The Effect of Privacy Regulation on the Data Industry : Empirical Evidence from Gdpr
Aridor, Guy; Che, Yeon-Koo; Salz, Tobias - 2022
Regulation (GDPR). The opt-in requirement of GDPR resulted in 12.5% drop in the intermediary-observed consumers, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014100575
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Piracy and Copyright Enforcement Mechanisms
Danaher, Brett - 2015
Much debate exists around the impact that illegal file sharing may have on the creative industries. Similarly, opinions differ regarding whether the producers of artistic works should be forced to accept any weakening of intellectual property rights resulting from illegal file sharing, or if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035462
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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet
Akerman, Anders - 2015
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 Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on Internet Interconnection
Zhuo, Ran - 2019
The Internet comprises thousands of independently operated networks, interconnected using bilaterally negotiated data … exchange agreements. The European Union (EU)'s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes strict restrictions on … there is no visible short run consequence of the GDPR at the internet layer.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858810
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The Euro and Structural Reforms
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2010
This paper investigates whether or not the adoption of the Euro has facilitated the introduction of structural reforms, defined as deregulation in the product markets and liberalization and deregulation in the labor markets. After reviewing the theoretical arguments that may link the adoption of...
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