Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Digitale Ökonomie

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-046 // 2024

    Mass Customization With Additive Manufacturing: Blessing or Curse for Society

    Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables mass customization and has thereby the potential to revolutionize traditional manufacturing. In this paper, we examine how the adoption of AM affects competition and welfare…

  2. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2024

    2. Quartal 2024

    • Stabiles Konjunkturklima in der Informationswirtschaft
    • Unternehmen halten am Homeoffice fest
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-045 // 2024

    Not as Good as It Used to Be: Do Streaming Platforms Penalize Quality?

    In this study, we analyze the incentives of a streaming platform to bias consumption when products are vertically differentiated. The platform offers mixed bundles of content to monetize consumer interest in…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 24-043 // 2024

    News Media Bargaining Codes

    We build a model of the news market where advertisers allocate their ads between a social media platform and a news website. Our objective is to evaluate policy interventions aimed at fostering news creation by…

  5. ZEW-Branchenreport Informationswirtschaft // 2024

    1. Quartal 2024

    • Optimismus in der Informationswirtschaft
    • DSGVO: Kritische Sicht der Unternehmen ändert sich im Zeitverlauf kaum
  6. ZEW policy brief Nr. 24-06 // 2024

    Using Market Design to Improve Red Teaming of Generative AI Models

    With the final approval of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), it is now clear that general-purpose AI (GPAI) models with systemic risk will need to undergo adversarial testing. This provision is a…