This examination of the role and potential for replication in economics points out the paucity of both pure replication checking on others' published papers using their data and scientific replication using data representing different populations in one's own work or in a Comment. Several...

This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...

Discretionary disclosure theory suggests that firms incentives to provide proprietary versus non-proprietary information differ markedly. To test this conjecture, the paper investigates the incentives of German firms to voluntarily disclose business segment reports and cash flow statements in...

Die Arbeit hat zum Ziel, ein grundlegendes ökonomisches Verständnis für die Struktur und Funktionsweise des Musikmarktes zu vermitteln, der sich aktuell in einer Umbruchphase befindet. Systematische industrieökonomische Analysen, die den Einfluss digitaler Technologien auf die Musikindustrie...