Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Evaluation of Best Price Clauses in Hotel Booking

    We analyze the best price clauses (BPCs) of online travel agents (OTAs) using meta-search price data of nearly 30,000 hotels in different countries. We find that BPCs influence the pricing and availability of…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-008 // 2018

    "Brain Gain" on Wikipedia: Immigrants Return Knowledge Home

    Economic literature acknowledges the impact of immigration on cross-border patenting and scientific publications. However, the role of immigration ows in the dissemination of knowledge in a broader sense is yet…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2018

    Speeding Up the Internet: regulation and Investment in the European Fiber Optic Infrastructure

    In this paper, we study how the coexistence of access regulations for legacy (copper) and fiber networks shapes the incentives to invest in fiber-based network infrastructures. To this end, we first develop a…