Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Digitale Ökonomie

  1. ZEWnews // 2017

    10 - 2017

  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2017

    09/10 - 2017

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-037 // 2017

    Minority Share Acquisitions and Collusion: Evidence from the Introduction of National Leniency Programs

    We address the growing concern that minority shareholding (MS) in rival firms may lessen competition, using the introduction of national leniency programs (LPs) as a shock that destabilizes collusive agreements.…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-035 // 2017

    Competition, Collusion and Spatial Sales Patterns - Theory and Evidence

    We study competition in markets with significant transport costs and capacity constraints. We compare the cases of price competition and coordination in a theoretical model and find that when firms compete, they…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-033 // 2017

    Strategic Microscheduling of Movies

    We investigate how competition in product niches affects the timing of product release for experience goods using data on motion pictures in the United States. Additionally, we attempt to estimate the ultimate…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-030 // 2017

    ICT and Resilience in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Cross-Country Micro Moments Data

    ICT-intensive firms are often found to have a better performance than their non-ICTintensive counterparts. Along with investing in ICT capital they have to adapt their production and business processes in order…