Publications of the Research Unit Digital Economy

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-053 // 2017

    BIG Data – BIG Gains? Empirical Evidence on the Link Between Big Data Analytics and Innovation

    This paper analyzes the relationship between firms’ use of big data analytics and their innovative performance in terms of product innovations. Since big data technologies provide new data information practices,…

  2. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2017

    Rabattverträge

  3. ZEWnews English edition // 2017

    09/10 - 2017

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 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.…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 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…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 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…