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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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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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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
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Big data is transforming the world we live in. The instant availability of information impacts how individuals consume, how businesses thrive or fail, how society makes scientific discoveries, as well as how governments design and implement informed policies. At a pace and scale unanticipated 20 years ago, information technology is enabling consumers globally. Uncountable services make use of a...
17.06.2016| Veranstaltungsrückblick
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Individuals value privacy, socializing, and disclosing. These conflicting actions raise important issues for individuals and regulators. This session surveys the economic foundations of privacy relying on insights from economic theory and empirical evidence. How much do consumers value privacy? Do (or should) consumers unambiguously strive for stronger privacy protection? How have businesses...
17.06.2016| Veranstaltungsrückblick
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Privacy concerns are receiving increased attention by both lawmakers and firms. What are firms doing to protect the privacy of their customers? Are firms responding to market forces? To regulatory pressure? To other forces? This panel will explore the interaction between regulation, markets and other forces, and its implications for optimal legal policy.
Florencia Marotta-Wurgler
Professor of...
17.06.2016| Veranstaltungsrückblick