Search Results - "Waldfogel, Joel"

Public Monopoly and Economic Efficiency: Evidence from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's Entry Decisions by Seim, Katja, Waldfogel, Joel

“…We estimate a spatial model of liquor demand to analyze the impact of government-controlled retailing on entry patterns. In the absence of the Pennsylvania…”
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Storming the gatekeepers: Digital disintermediation in the market for books by Waldfogel, Joel, Reimers, Imke

“…•Digitization has reduced the costs of producing books.•The number of new books published has increased substantially.•Quality unpredictability means that…”
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PRODUCT QUALITY AND MARKET SIZE by BERRY, STEVEN, WALDFOGEL, JOEL

“…Do larger markets offer better products? The question has implications for theories of cities and theories of market organization. We document that in the…”
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Music file sharing and sales displacement in the iTunes era by Waldfogel, Joel

“…A growing empirical literature examines the relationship between music file sharing and legal purchases of music, but existing studies examine the period…”
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Pop Internationalism: Has Half a Century of World Music Trade Displaced Local Culture? by Ferreira, Fernando, Waldfogel, Joel

“…Advances in communication technologies have increased the availability of cultural goods across borders, raising concerns that cultural products from large…”
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Close to you? Bias and precision in patent-based measures of technological proximity by Benner, Mary, Waldfogel, Joel

“…Patent data have been widely used in research to characterize firms’ locations in technological or knowledge space, as well as the proximities among firms…”
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The "New York Times" and the Market for Local Newspapers by George, Lisa M., Waldfogel, Joel

“…Recent technological advances have dramatically lowered the cost of transmitting information over large distances. In the late 1990s, the New York Times…”
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Scroogenomics: why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays by Waldfogel, Joel

“…Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It’s hard to imagine…”
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How Digitization Has Created a Golden Age of Music, Movies, Books, and Television by Waldfogel, Joel

“…Digitization is disrupting a number of copyright-protected media industries, including books, music, radio, television, and movies. Once information is…”
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Do low-income housing subsidies increase the occupied housing stock? by Sinai, Todd, Waldfogel, Joel

“…A necessary condition for justifying a policy such as subsidized low-income housing, either via tenant-based rental assistance or construction of public or…”
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Digitization and Pre-Purchase Information: The Causal and Welfare Impacts of Reviews and Crowd Ratings by Reimers, Imke, Waldfogel, Joel

“…Digitization has led to many new creative products, straining the capacity of professional critics and consumers. Yet, the digitization of retailing has also…”
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Quality Predictability and the Welfare Benefits from New Products: Evidence from the Digitization of Recorded Music by Aguiar, Luis, Waldfogel, Joel

“…We explore the consequence of quality unpredictability for the welfare benefit of new products, using recent developments in recorded music as our context. We…”
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Holiday gift giving in retreat by Waldfogel, Joel

“…Using US cross-section data, holiday gift giving is a normal good whose income elasticity of demand is about 0.5. As income rose 1914–2000, aggregate holiday…”
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The Tyranny of the Market: Why You Can't Always Get What You Want by Waldfogel, Joel

“…Markets are widely believed to make products available to suit any individual, regardless of what others want. But the argument is not generally correct. In…”
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As streaming reaches flood stage, does it stimulate or depress music sales? by Aguiar, Luis, Waldfogel, Joel

“…•Estimate the sale displacing impact of online streaming on permanent music downloads.•Combine new data on the volume of streaming with information on…”
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CINEMATIC EXPLOSION: NEW PRODUCTS, UNPREDICTABILTY AND REALIZED QUALITY IN THE DIGITAL ERA by Waldfogel, Joel

“…While file sharing has undermined firms' ability to generate revenue for their products, other technological change has reduced entry barriers in cultural…”
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Copyright Protection, Technological Change, and the Quality of New Products: Evidence from Recorded Music since Napster by Waldfogel, Joel

“…While some recent technological changes reduced revenue for digital products, other changes reduced the costs of bringing creative works to market. Therefore,…”
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Dining out as cultural trade by Waldfogel, Joel

“…Perceptions of Anglo-American dominance in movie and music trade motivate restrictions on cultural trade. Yet, the market for another cultural good, food at…”
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The Welfare Effects of Spotify’s Cross-Country Price Discrimination by Waldfogel, Joel

“…We calibrate a simple empirical logit model of world demand—and subscription pricing—at Spotify, with the use of available data on monthly prices and using…”
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Platforms, Power, and Promotion: Evidence from Spotify Playlists by Aguiar, Luis, Waldfogel, Joel

“…Many online markets are dominated by a handful of platforms, raising concerns about the exercise of market power in the digital age. Spotify has emerged as the…”
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