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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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Monetäre Bewertung der Netzzuverlässigkeit für eine effiziente Qualitätsanreizregulierung

Merz, Carina - 2008

Ziel dieses Papers ist es, im Hinblick auf die in Deutschland geplante Einführung eines Qualitätsanreizsystems bei Elektrizitätsnetzbetreibern, eine geeignete Methode für die hierfür notwendige Bewertung der Netzzuverlässigkeit gleichbedeutend mit den wohlfahrtswirksamen Stromausfallkosten...

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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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An empirical test of theories of price valuation using a semiparametric approach, reference prices, and accounting for heterogeneity

Boztuğ, Yasemin (contributor); … - 2005

In this paper we estimate and empirically test different behavioral theories of consumer reference price formation. Two major theories are proposed to model the reference price reaction: assimilation contrast theory and prospect theory. We assume that different consumer segments will use...

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Identifying free-riding in energy-conservation programs using revealed preference data

Grösche, Peter; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Vance, Colin - 2009

Identifying the incidence of free-ridership is significant to a range of issues relevant to program evaluation, including the calculation of net program benefits and more general assessments of political acceptability. Estimates of free-ridership in the area of energy policy frequently rely on...

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The effect of power outages and cheap talk on willingness to pay to reduce outages

Carlsson, Frederik; Martinsson, Peter; Akay, Alpaslan - 2009

Using an open-ended contingent valuation survey, we analyze how (i) experience of a power outage due to one of the worst storms ever to hit Sweden and (ii) a cheap talk script affect respondents' WTP to avoid power outages. Experience significantly increases and a cheap talk script decreases the...

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German car buyers' willingness to pay to reduce CO2 emissions

Achtnicht, Martin - 2009

Motorised individual transport strongly contributes to global CO2 emissions, due to its intensive usage of fossil fuels. Current political efforts addressing this issue (i.e. emission performance standards in the EU) are directed towards car manufacturers. This paper focuses on the demand side....

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Count data models with unobserved heterogeneity : an empirical likelihood approach

Boes, Stefan (contributor) - 2007

As previously argued, the correlation between included and omitted regressors generally causes inconsistency of standard estimators for count data models. Using a specific residual function and suitable instruments, a consistent generalized method of moments estimator can be obtained under...

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Preferences for health insurance in Germany and the Netherlands : a tale of two countries

Zweifel, Peter; Leukert, Karolin; Berner, Stephanie - 2010 - This version, Dez. 2009

This contribution contains an international comparison of preferences. Using two Discrete Choice Experiments (DCE), it measures willingness to pay for health insurance attributes in Germany and the Netherlands. Since the Dutch DCE was carried out right after the 2006 health reform, which made...

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