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Tambe, Prasanna - 2020

General purpose technologies like information technology typically require complementary firm-specific investments to create value. These complementary investments produce a form of capital, which is typically intangible and which we call digital capital. We create an extended firm-level panel...

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How Tax Complexity and Enforcement Affect the Equity and Efficiency of The Income Tax

Kaplow, Louis - 1995

Much criticism of the income tax involves administration: the enormous complexity of the system is responsible for … large compliance costs, public and private, and the tax gap is large despite substantial resources devoted to enforcement … fundamental restructuring of the tax system. But evaluation of such changes is difficult because the underlying problems have not …

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Supply responses to digital distribution : recorded music and live performances

Mortimer, Julie Holland; Nosko, Chris; Sorensen, Alan T. - 2010

"Changes in technologies for reproducing and redistributing digital goods (e.g., music, movies, software, books) have dramatically affected profitability of these goods, and raised concerns for future development of socially valuable digital products. However, broader illegitimate distribution...

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Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products

Park, Yooki - 2005

As it becomes cheaper to copy and share digital content, vendors are turning to technical protections such as encryption. We argue that if protection is nevertheless imperfect, this transition will generally lower the prices of content relative to perfect legal enforcement. However, the effect...

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Links and Hyperlinks : An Empirical Analysis of Internet Portal Alliances, 1995-1999

Elfenbein, Dan - 2001

This paper examines the structure of over 100 alliances by Internet portals from 1995 to 1999. These alliances were an attractive empirical testing ground because of the large number and heterogeneous nature of the contracts, the high standards for disclosure in the industry, and the careful...

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Digitization and the Contract Labor Market : A Research Agenda

Agrawal, Ajay - 2013

Online contract labor globalizes traditionally local labor markets, with platforms that enable employers, most of whom are in high-income countries, to more easily outsource tasks to contractors, primarily located in low-income countries. This market is growing rapidly; we provide descriptive...

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Piracy and Copyright Enforcement Mechanisms

Danaher, Brett - 2013

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...

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The Economics of Digital Privacy

Goldfarb, Avi; Que, Verina F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

There has been increasing attention to privacy in the media and in regulatory discussions. This is a consequence of the increased usefulness of digital data. The literature has emphasized the benefits and costs of digital data flows to consumers and firms. The benefits arise in the form of...

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Cryptic Regulation of Crypto-Tokens

Gans, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper investigates the alignment of existing securities regulations with the emerging landscape of crypto-tokens and blockchain technology. By examining the features of these digital assets, including decentralization, consensus mechanisms, and programmability, we analyze how they interact...

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The Digital Welfare of Nations : New Measures of Welfare Gains and Inequality

Brynjolfsson, Erik; Collis, Avinash; Liaqat, Asad; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Digital goods can generate large benefits for consumers, but these benefits are largely unmeasured in the national accounts, including GDP and productivity. In this paper, we measure welfare gains from 10 popular digital goods across 13 countries by conducting large-scale incentivized online...

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