Since the launch of the iTunes Music Store in the US in 2003 and in much of Europe in the following years, music trade …. Despite substantial growth in availability, the available choice sets of digital music have not fully converged across … often perceived as an obstacle to greater availability. However, other factors such as commercial strategies by music …

Since the launch of the iTunes Music Store in the US in 2003 and in much of Europe in the following years, music trade … substantial growth in availability, the available choice sets of digital music have not fully converged across countries. The … an obstacle to greater availability. However, other factors such as commercial strategies by music producers may also a …

developments in recorded music as our context. Digitization has expanded consumption opportunities by giving consumers access to … music industry tripled the number of new products between 2000 and 2008. We quantify the effects of new music on welfare …

Since the launch of the iTunes Music Store in the US in 2003 and in much of Europe in the following years, music trade … substantial growth in availability, the available choice sets of digital music have not fully converged across countries. The … an obstacle to greater availability. However, other factors such as commercial strategies by music producers may also …

Although revenue for recorded music has collapsed since the explosion of file sharing, results elsewhere suggest that … the quality of new music has not suffered. One possible explanation is that digitization has allowed a wider range of … firms to bring far more music to market using lower-cost methods of production, distribution, and promotion. Record labels …

Since the launch of the iTunes Music Store in the US in 2003 and in much of Europe in the following years, music trade … consumers and producers around the world. We address these questions with a structural model of supply and demand for music in …

The objective of this paper is to document the evolution of cross-border music trade patterns in this transition period … and to explain what drives digital music trade patterns. The shift from analogue to digital music distribution has … substantially reduced trade costs and has enlarged the choice sets of music consumers around the world. Using comprehensive data on …

recent technological changes, on balance, would affect the flow of new music products. This chapter reviews the emerging … evidence on the quality and service flow of new recorded music products since Napster. …