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Tax Cuts Starve the Beast! Evidence from Germany

Stöhlker, Daniel; Neumeier, Florian; Fuest, Clemens - 2018

This paper empirically evaluates how fiscal policy reacts to changes in the government's fiscal situation. Utilizing panel data from the German states covering the period from 1992 to 2011, we assess to what extent exogenous changes in tax revenues affect total public revenues, aggregate public...

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"Lootboxes" in digital games - A gamble with consumers in need of regulation? An evaluation based on learnings from Japan

Koeder, Marco Josef; Tanaka, Ema; Mitomo, Hitoshi - 2018

Japan in the light of business model revolutions. A game-of-chance mechanic which can be found in more and more in digital … calls for regulation because if their gambling like elements. Japan had similar mechanics in games for a long time called … Lootboxes are in comparison to "Gacha" in Japan and investigates whether they would qualify as gambling using a gambling …

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Mobile Game Price Discrimination effect on users of Freemium services– An initial outline of Game of Chance elements in Japanese F2P mobile games

Koeder, Marco; Tanaka, Ema; Sugai, Philip - 2017

This paper offers a look at the Japanese mobile free to play market with a focus on “Gacha”, a game of luck mechanism used in many Japanese games. The paper tries to explain about the concept of Gacha, its different forms, some known regulation issues and briefly looks at player and...

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Game of chance elements in free-to-play mobile games. A freemium business model monetization tool in need of self-regulation?

Koeder, Marco Josef; Tanaka, Ema - 2017

This paper conceptualizes “Gacha”, a lottery mechanism to win virtual items, which was developed in Japan, as game of …, referring to previous studies, this paper also analyzes the difference of mobile game regulation between the West and Japan …. Japan has a longer history and more experience in both monetization of mobile games with gambling like elements (Gacha) and …

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Mobile ecosystems in global transition: Driving factors of becoming a mobile ecosystem enabled. A comparison between the US and Japan

Koeder, Marco Josef; Tanaka, Ema; Misawa, Kaori - 2012

The experiences made with i-Mode in Japan in from 2000 - 2010 suggested that the development of so called mobile … Japan. …

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