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Measuring consumer well-being from using zero price digital services : the case of navigation apps and location-based services

Sobolewski, Maciej - 2021

. In the experiment, the respondents are confronted with a range of location-sharing conditions set by a navigation … from using basic satellite navigation without location-based functionalities is estimated at 8.06 EUR per month. Adding …Digital maps and navigation applications are considered an essential tool by 70% of smartphone users. As these apps …

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Quantifying bargaining power in supply chains : essential for merger control

Delaprez, Yann; Guignard, Morgane - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 14 (2024) 22/23, pp. 159-164

Merger control plays a central role in competition policy. When assessing proposed mergers, Competition Authorities should consider its impact on all relevant markets. Large mergers between manufacturers typically impact competition, thus requiring the approval of Competition Authorities....

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Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Consumer Welfare

Jayawardhana, Jayani - 2013

The welfare implications of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) have garnered considerable attention and are complicated since the consumer delegates some decision-making authority to the physician, who is exposed to advertising as well. In this paper, I develop and estimate a structural model...

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Measuring consumer well-being from using free-of-charge digital services : the case of navigation apps

Sobolewski, Maciej - In: Information economics and policy : IEP 56 (2021), pp. 1-14

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The welfare effects of mobile internet access : evidence from Roam-Like-At-Home

Quinn, Martin; Matos, Miguel Godinho de; Peukert, Christian - 2022

We evaluate the welfare effects of the Roam-Like-At-Home regulation, which drastically re-duced the price of accessing the mobile internet for EU residents when traveling abroad in the European Economic Area. Estimates from individual-level usage data suggest that consumer surplus increased by...

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Reference pricing systems on the pharmaceutical market

Unsorg, Maximiliane - 2018

Constantly rising expenditures for pharmaceuticals require government intervention in firms' pricing decisions. To this end, reference pricing systems are a frequently employed regulatory mechanism. This paper considers a duopoly market with vertically differentiated firms under different...

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The value of the internet for consumers

Pantea, Smaranda; Martens, Bertin - 2014

Several studies have examined the market value of paid-for internet services and internet access. This paper estimates the value of leisure time spent online for which the consumer pays no monetary price and which has become increasingly important as a leisure activity. We apply a methodology...

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Access regulation and investment in the next generation networks : a ranking of regulatory regimes

Nitsche, Rainer; Wiethaus, Lars - 2009

This paper analyses how different types of access regulation to next generation networks affect investments and consumer welfare. The model consists of an investment stage with uncertain returns and subsequent quantity competition. The access price is a function of investment costs and the...

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The Impact of the U.S. Debit Card Interchange Fee Caps on Consumer Welfare : An Event Study Analysis

Evans, David S. - 2013

The cost to merchants of taking payment on debit cards declined by more than $7 billion annually as a result of the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, while the effective cost to issuers of providing debit card services to consumers...

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Maximization of Long-Term Consumer Surplus Is the Optimal Economic Policy

Isser, Steve N. - 2018

In the real world, markets are never in equilibrium and there is insufficient information to determine the ideal policy. Maximizing long-run consumer surplus is a heuristic for approximating optimal economic policy. Ideally, if the economy was at an efficient equilibrium, we'd maximize both...

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