internet based virtual economies (mostly corporate in nature) are on our combined global event horizon. This paper is prepared … their eventual march toward 'Economic Fusion' sometime in this first half of this century. These virtual economic …

effects, first-mover advantage, etc.) in a standard information-based herding model. Our results are based on an internet …

diffusion of internet access in the late 1990?s. Which types of persons incorporated the internet into their job search strategy … internet job search derived from the December 1998 and August 2000 CPS Computer and Internet Supplements, matched with job … search outcomes from subsequent CPS files. We find that internet searchers are positively selected on observables, but …

, including a subsample of 267 consultants from an international consulting firm, participated in an internet experiment. We also …

In this paper, we analyze the problem of congestion and quality loss of data transmission through the Internet from an … be very convenient for Internet users at the same time. We show that any ex ante regulation in the sense of strict Net …

We study firms' advertised gender preferences in a population of ads on a Chinese internet job board, and interpret …

Does the Internet undermine social capital or facilitate inter-personal and civic engagement in the real world? Merging … unique telecommunication data with geo-coded German individuallevel data, we investigate how broadband Internet affects …-owned telecommunication provider in the 1990s that still hinders broadband Internet access for many households. We find no evidence that the …

Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables and fixed effect estimates show that internet use is associated … highlights three mechanisms for how internet use may affect reported sex crime, namely a reporting effect, a matching effect on …