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Die vorliegende Studie wurde im ifo Arbeitsbereich Branchenforschung erstellt und im Frühjahr 2005 abgeschlossen. Auftraggeber war das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit. Gegenstand der Studie sind der Stand und die Perspektiven der „New Economy“ in Deutschland sowie ein Vergleich...
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Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His test essentially asks if consumers are harmed by the pricing practices of the firm in the market in which they purchase the good or service. Even if these firms are monopoly or...
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This paper studies the investment decision by a monopolistic internet service provider (ISP) in different regulatory …
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The paper focuses on the cost characteristics of Internet technology and on the question whether there are monopolistic … bottlenecks in Internet services which justify regulatory intervention into the market. The analysis is prompted by a discussion … of the cost characteristics of the Internet, which could be the source of monopolistic bottlenecks in Internet services …
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This paper will examine three recent instances involving competition concerns on the Internet. The Internet at its … the emergence of major Internet corporations, and on the other the recognition of the Internet as an important trading … blog the Huffington Post and Internet giant AOL and any implications this may have for concentration and media plurality on …
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This article discusses possible courses of legal action if defamed by an anonymous internet poster, and protection …
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This paper studies the investment decision by a monopolistic internet service provider (ISP) in different regulatory …
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We empirically investigate the effect of the Internet on racial hate crimes in the United States from the period 2001 … Internet's impact on these hate crimes is not uniform in that the positive effect is stronger in areas with higher levels of … significant in areas with lower levels of racism. We analyze in depth whether Internet access will enhance hate group operations …
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This paper is one of the major economic studies I submitted to the FCC in opposition to the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable. After reviewing and rebutting some of the economic theories and evidence put forth by Comcast in support of the merger the paper presents an antitrust...
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