implications for competition policy. Three important Internet markets are analyzed in more detail: search engines, online auction … use our theoretical insights to examine whether leading Internet platforms have non-temporary market power. Based on this …

The Internet has become an integral part of the everyday life of households, firms and governments. Its proper … Internet depends on its openness and the confidence of users. Designing policies that protect society while allowing for … Internet’s great economic potential to be fulfilled, is a difficult task. This paper investigates this challenge and takes …

We investigate how online price dispersion has evolved since the bursting of the Internet bubble by comparing price … online price dispersion declined between 2000 and 2001 when there was a shakeout in Internet retailing, it increased from …-tailers, increased steadily during 2000-2003. These findings suggest that online price dispersion is persistent even as Internet markets …

We investigate how online price dispersion has evolved since the bursting of the Internet bubble by comparing price …, although online price dispersion declined between 2000 and 2001 when there was a shakeout in Internet retailing, it increased …-tailers, increased steadily during 2000-2003. These findings suggest that online price dispersion is persistent even as Internet markets …

variation in consumer's use of the Internet for tasks like “porn” and “cat videos” as measured by Google Trends. My estimates …

avoidance; but, if online firms remit taxes, online sales may put upward pressure on tax rates because the internet enforces … destination-based taxes. I find that higher internet penetration results in lower municipal tax rates on average, but raises tax … deviation increase in internet penetration lowers local sales taxes in large municipalities by 0.20 percentage points or 17% of …

significant impact on the Indian economy, which saw one of the largest lockdowns globally. The Indian internet economy, which was … a result of steep falls in business for e-commerce and travel, the largest sectors in the internet ecosystem. However …, India’s internet economy is likely to be a net beneficiary in longer run, driven by multi-fold increase in digital …

exists entirely on 40 computers in San Diego. Unlike many internet ventures, virtual worlds are making money - with annual … internet innovations, virtual worlds may soon become the primary venue for all online activity. …