The economic impact of the compulsory grading legislation imposed by the EC is analysed. It is shown that the system imposed certain and immediate costs on producers and consumers, while any possible benefits were uncertain and distant. The system imposed bore no relation to the realities of the...

By regulating how firms collect, store, and use data, privacy laws may change the role of data in production and alter firm demand for information technology inputs. We study how firms respond to privacy laws in the context of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by using seven...

Die Nutzung von Clouddiensten bietet Unternehmen mehrere Vorteile, wie den dezentralen Datenzugriff oder die flexible Anpassung von Rechenleistung an den Bedarf. Folgerichtig hat die Cloudnutzung in Deutschland in den vergangenen Jahren stark zugenommen. Der Markt für Clouddienste in...

This article examines the potential applicability of competition law to the cloud computing sector, as well as assessing its suitability as a regulatory regime. It then considers alternative legal mechanisms, specifically measures to promote open standards and interoperability in the context of...