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The Role of Creative Industries in Industrial Innovation
Trüby, Johannes; Rammer, Christian; Müller, Kathrin - 2008
This paper analyses the role of creative industries in affecting an economy's innovation performance. We conducted a survey of more than 2,000 creative industry enterprises from Austria which are defined by a combination of sector affiliation and the degree of creativity of the services they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298691
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Combating online hate speech: The impact of legislation on Twitter
Andres, Raphaela; Slivko, Olga - 2021
We analyze the impact of the Network Enforcement Act, the first regulation which aims at restraining hate speech on large social media platforms. Using a difference-in- differences framework, we measure the causal impact of the German law on the prevalence of hateful content on German Twitter....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798245
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Does Wikipedia matter? The effect of Wikipedia on tourist choices
Hinnosaar, Marit; Hinnosaar, Toomas; Kummer, Michael; … - 2017
We document a causal influence of online user-generated information on realworld economic outcomes. In particular, we conduct a randomized field experiment to test whether additional information on Wikipedia about cities affects tourists' choices of overnight visits. Our treatment of adding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778712
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The Role of Creative Industries in Industrial Innovation
Trüby, Johannes; Rammer, Christian; Müller, Kathrin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper analyses the role of creative industries in affecting an economy's innovation performance. We conducted a survey of more than 2,000 creative industry enterprises from Austria which are defined by a combination of sector affiliation and the degree of creativity of the services they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097770
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Vote buying in the US Congress
Matter, Ulrich; Roberti, Paolo; Slotwinski, Michaela - 2019
We assess the influence of moneyed interests on legislative decisions. Our theory predicts that the vote outcome distribution and donation flows in a legislature feature a discontinuity at the approval threshold of bills if special interest groups are involved in vote buying. Testing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140943
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An economic analysis of online streaming: How the music industry can generate revenues from cloud computing
Thomes, Tim Paul - 2011
This paper investigates the upcoming business model of online streaming services allowing music consumers either to subscribe to a service which provides free-of-charge access to streaming music and which is funded by advertising, or to pay a monthly flat fee in order to get ad-free access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306002
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Technology transfer and the Internet: a chance for outsiders at public science to get into the business?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Rammer, Christian - 2001
The Internet is receiving increasing attention as a medium for technology transfer between public research and the … determinants of firm contacts established via the Internet. Special attention is paid to the effect of experiences in firm … interaction in the past. Econometric estimation results suggest that Internet contact to firms is more likely to be established by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297791
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Electoral Competition under Media Influence
Bräuer, Wolfgang - 1998
We suggest a model of electoral competition between two parties which is extended by a third player : mass media. The classical one-dimensional competition model is changed by introducing an issue-specific sensibility-coefficient and by allowing for non-voting. The winner is selected by majority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297587
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Electoral Competition under Media Influence
Bräuer, Wolfgang - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998
We suggest a model of electoral competition between two parties which is extended by a third player : mass media. The classical one-dimensional competition model is changed by introducing an issue-specific sensibility-coefficient and by allowing for non-voting. The winner is selected by majority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097641
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The EMU Consolidation Game - or: Does 3.0 Really Mean 3.0?
Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998
Within the economic profession, it is a widely held view that the fiscal criteria of the Maastricht treaty are arbitrary numbers without economic foundation. Much of this criticism seems to overlook an important aspect - the strategic dimension of the criteria. This paper focuses on one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297571