Industry players and opponents of privacy regulation claim broadly that privacy regulation will “stifle” innovation …. This Article responds by bringing together traditional theories of regulation and innovation policy, and applying them in … the context of markets involving personal information. Dire predictions about regulation's impact on innovation are common …

While the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has received significant attention in economic research … responses to the GDPR over time, and whether restrictions on online tracking enforced by the regulation affected downstream … several months after the enactment of the regulation the initial reduction in tracking is reversed, as tracking among EU …

This paper reviews the economic literature on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I … highlight key challenges for studying the regulation including the difficulty of finding a suitable control group, variable firm … compliance and regulatory enforcement, as well as the regulation's impact on data observability. The economic literature on the …

first regulation - an 'identification requirement' - increases privacy concerns by requiring individuals to verify personal … information with government approved documentation. The second regulation - 'anonymity protection' - lowers privacy concerns by …

The Internet comprises thousands of independently operated networks, interconnected using bilaterally negotiated data … exchange agreements. The European Union (EU)'s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes strict restrictions on … there is no visible short run consequence of the GDPR at the internet layer.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working …

The Internet comprises thousands of independently operated networks, where bilaterally negotiated interconnection … agreements determine the flow of data between networks. The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes … negotiating interconnection agreements at the internet layer due to reduced bargaining power of European networks and increased …