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The emergence of online platforms has decreased transaction costs considerably, increased price transparency and hence enabled consumers to more easily compare and purchase products and services. At the same time, platforms may achieve market power leading to undesirable market outcomes. Is existing consumer protection law appropriate to address concerns arising on online platforms? Are...
27.06.2017| Veranstaltungsrückblick
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The sharing economy relies on online platforms to bring together providers and consumers of goods and services. How do platforms compete in these two-sided markets characterized by direct and indirect network effects? Which pricing strategies do these new online platforms adopt? How does rapid innovation ubiquitous in these markets affect competition between platforms? How do new digital...
27.06.2017| Veranstaltungsrückblick
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Gerd Billen, State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, received the BCCP Distinguished Policy Fellow Award. The fellowship was awarded by Gerhard Wagner, Professor of Law, Humboldt University Berlin.
27.06.2017| Veranstaltungsrückblick
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Digital markets are characterized by consumer targeting and customization of products and services. Firms such as Amazon or Google use algorithms to increase their product quality, such as search results or the targeting of advertising. These algorithms rely on past consumer search and browsing behavior to learn and improve results in real-time. This session discusses the extent to which the use...
27.06.2017| Veranstaltungsrückblick
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Concluding remarks held by Hannes Ullrich, research associate in the Firms and Market department, DIW Berlin.
27.06.2017| Veranstaltungsrückblick
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DIW-Präsident Marcel Fratzscher kommentiert den Außenhandelskurs des US-Präsidenten Donald Trump und mögliche Auswirkungen auf die deutsche Wirtschaft.
26.01.2017| Spotlight
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Rainer Winkelmann is Professor of Economics at the University of Zurich. He studied economics at the University of Konstanz, Paris IX-Dauphine, and Washington University in St. Louis, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Munich (1993). He has taught at Dartmouth College, USA, and the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and was a visiting professor at Harvard University, Syracuse University,...
06.02.2017| SOEP People
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Der Gender Pay Gap liegt in Deutschland bei rund 21 Prozent. Elke Holst, Forschungsdirektorin Gender Studies am DIW Berlin, zählt verschiedene Gründe auf, warum Frauen im Schnitt immer noch weniger verdienen als Männer: "Ursachen können Erwerbserfahrung und Bildung sein, aber auch ob jemand in Teilzeit oder Vollzeit arbeitet oder jemand eine Führungsposition innehat oder...
22.06.2016| Spotlight
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The structures of the European project have been helping the continent overcome many effects of the current crisis. Nevertheless, these shocks have also pointed to shortcomings in its construction, and eurozone economic governance is still lagging behind in coordination of fiscal and structural policies and in terms of risk sharing. Such reforms are imperative to lessen the burden on monetary...
13.06.2016| Veranstaltungsrückblick
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AbiturientInnen, deren Eltern keinen Hochschulabschluss haben, studieren seltener als MitschülerInnen, bei denen mindestens ein Elternteil einen Universitäts- oder Fachhochschulabschluss hat. Erste Ergebnisse des Berliner-Studienberechtigten-Panels (Best Up) des DIW Berlin und des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) zeigen, dass bereitgestellte Informationen zum...
30.06.2016| Nachgeforscht