Ob es einem gefällt oder nicht: Die Digitalisierung bestimmt unseren Alltag. Weder unsere Arbeitswelt noch unser Privatleben sind heute ohne digitale Technologien vorstellbar. Und ein Ende scheint nicht in Sicht. Kommunikation und Konsum werden immer schneller und bequemer, doch für diese...

This paper is a comment on Concentration in Internet Access and Entrepreneurial Truncation of Innovation by Shane Greenstein which can be found at: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2206875" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2206875

With a concentrated supply of broadband Internet access, will the future of the Internet be as innovative as the past? This essay reconsiders contemporary debates that view broadband providers as gatekeepers. Instead, it offers an alternative perspective, viewing carriers as platform leaders....

This paper provides a framework to classify and evaluate the impact of net neutrality regulations on the allocation of consumer attention and the distribution of surplus between consumers, ISPs and content providers. While the model provided largely nests other contributions in the literature,...

Oft wird unterstellt, dass die intensive Nutzung des Internets die Menschen in der realen Welt zu kontaktarmen Sonderlingen macht. Auf Vertrauen basierende Kontakte erleichtern aber in vielerlei Hinsicht den Austausch zwischen Individuen und haben daher greifbare ökonomische Konsequenzen. Ein...

Network neutrality regulations for the Internet have been discussed for about a decade. In Europe recent efforts have produced a proposal by the European Commission that envisages the introduction of a two-tiered Internet traffic regulation based on a regulatory market split between the markets...

In light of the lack of studies into the value of network neutrality to consumers, BEREC has commissioned a European (CR; CZ; EL; SE) mixed-methods study to explore this issue. This paper presents selected results of this study. To understand the value of network neutrality to European...