Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Digitale Ökonomie

  1. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2016

    ICT and Growth - The Role of Rates of Return and Capital Prices

    We revisit the widely discussed contribution of investment in ICT to economic growth, focusing on differences in productivity and quality of ICT across countries and time. In a growth accounting approach, we…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-090 // 2015

    Mobile and More Productive? Firm-Level Evidence on the Productivity Effects of Mobile Internet Use

    Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place. We analyse whether employees’ use of mobile internet access improves firms’ labour productivity. Our data set…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-089 // 2015

    Does Wikipedia Matter? The Effect of Wikipedia on Tourist Choices

    We document a causal influence of online user-generated information on realworld economic outcomes. In particular, we conduct a randomized field experiment to test whether additional information on Wikipedia…