Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-059 // 2018

    Hotel Rankings of Online Travel Agents, Channel Pricing, and Consumer Protection

    We investigate whether online travel agents (OTAs) assign hotels worse positions in their search results if these set lower hotel prices at other OTAs or on their own websites. We formally characterize how…

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2018

    Economic Growth, Human Development, and Welfare

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-051 // 2018

    Path Dependencies versus Efficiencies in Regulation: Evidence from "Old" and "New" Broadband Markets in the EU

    This paper examines the determinants of sector-specific regulation imposed on broadband markets related both to efficiency objectives of regulators and to those of narrowly defined interest groups. We test…