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Mums go online : is the internet changing the demand for healthcare?

Amaral-Garcia, Sofia; Nardotto, Mattia; Propper, Carol; … - 2020

We study the effect of internet diffusion on childbirth procedures performed in England between 2000 and 2011. We … exploit an identification strategy based on geographical discontinuities in internet access generated by technological factors …. We show that broadband internet access increased Cesarean-sections: mothers living in areas with better internet access …

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Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention

Gaudeul, Alexia; Mathieu, Laurence; Peroni, Chiara - 2009

Properties of blogging networks are derived from a model where bloggers devote attention to others, produce content for others, and exchange attention with content within their network of relations. The predictions from the model are tested with a novel dataset from LiveJournal, a major blogging...

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The Unintended Consequences of Censoring Digital Technology - Evidence from Italy's ChatGPT Ban

Kreitmeir, David; Raschky, Paul - 2023

. Our findings show that users swiftly implement strategies to bypass Internet restrictions but this adaptation activity …

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(Mis-)information technology : internet use and perception of democracy in Africa

Cariolle, Joël; Elkhateeb, Yasmine; Maurel, Mathilde - 2023

The Internet has significantly expanded worldwide, changing our relationship with the world, and the way we communicate …, has not escaped the Internet phenomenon, as the number of individuals with Internet access has risen from 2 in 2002 to 39 …

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Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in Communication, Information, and Media Technology Networks

Downes, Larry - 2019

FTC's continuing leadership in consumer protection for Internet access• Competition and consumer protection in a changing …

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How Firms Interact and Perform in the ICT Ecosystem?

Arlandis, Antonin - 2014

This paper analyses the properties and the dynamics of the ICT sector as an ecosystem here firms interact, innovate, and compete through bundling and external growth strategies. By exploring the strategies of firms and their relative performances, we show that the allocation of revenue between...

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The Information Industry : Measuring Russia by International Standards

Abdrakhmanova, Gulnara - 2016

Structural changes influenced by ICT are having an impact on production processes and the release of products in the information and communication technology (ICT) sphere and content (on the level of individual enterprises) and are resulting in the pursuit of new approaches to socio-economic...

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