Despite numerous studies on skill development, we know little about the causal effects of music training on cognitive … and non-cognitive skills. This study examines how long-term music training during childhood and youth affects the …-Economic Panel (SOEP). Our findings suggest that adolescents with music training have better cognitive skills and school grades and …

In case of digital goods such like music, intellectual property rights are typically not exerted by the creators … of law enforcement into the welfare analysis. Most models in the literature assume that law is enforced by governmental … activities. In contrast, this paper considers that law enforcement is exerted by agents (e.g. lawyer chancellories, provider of …

The use of file-sharing technologies, so-called Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, to copy music files has become common …