Topic Digitalization

BCCP Conference and Policy Forum 2024

Heike Schweitzer, one of the panelists invited to speak at the conference, died suddenly a few days before the conference on June 11. The academic world has lost a brilliant legal scholar and intellectual leader in competition law. Our thoughts are with her family and friends. Imagine there is a conference in Berlin on June 14, 2004 and you have been invited. The invitation arrives in the mail....

HPI-ZEW-DIW Workshop on Applied Economics in Digital Health

The digital revolution in health care is changing how medical services are delivered and managed and how new products are developed. Economists from different fields have started to analyze how digital tools, IT, and novel sources of data are transforming health care delivery, markets, and regulations.  This workshop aims to provide a platform for researchers from health economics, industrial...

The 16th Berlin IO Day

The Berlin IO Day is a one-day workshop sponsored by the Berlin Centre for Consumer Policies (BCCP) and supported by the Berlin's leading academic institutions, including DIW Berlin, ESMT Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin. The aim is to create an international forum for high quality research in Industrial Organization in the heart...

Who Is AI Replacing? The Impact of Generative AI on Online Freelancing Platforms

This paper studies the impact of generative AI technology on the demand for online freelancers using a large dataset from a leading global freelancing platform. We focus on how the release of generative AI tools affects various freelance jobs that require different skills or software. Our findings indicate a 21 percent decrease following the ChatGPT introduction in the number of job posts for...

Impacts of Electric Carsharing on a Power Sector with Variable Renewables

Electrifying the car fleet is a major strategy for mitigating emissions in the transport sector. As electrification cannot solve all negative externalities associated with cars, reducing the size of the car fleet would be beneficial. Electric carsharing could reconcile current car usage habits with a smaller fleet, but this may reduce the potential of electric cars to align their grid interactions ...

The Evolution of "Theories of Harm" in EU Merger Control

We discuss the main theories of harm in EU merger control and their evolution since the 1990s. We present stylized facts and trends using data extracted from EU merger decisions by natural language processing tools. EU merger policy has adapted over time, both in terms of legislation and theories of harm, as well as in terms of the investigative tools and evidence used. The introduction of the new ...

An Economical Measure of Attitudes Towards Artificial Intelligence in Work, Healthcare, and Education (ATTARI-WHE)

Artificial intelligence (AI) has profoundly transformed numerous facets of both private and professional life. Understanding how people evaluate AI is crucial for predicting its future adoption and addressing potential barriers. However, existing instruments measuring attitudes towards AI often focus on specific technologies or cross-domain evaluations, while domain-specific measurement instruments ...

Three Essays on the Economics of Digitization

Die digitale Transformation verändert wirtschaftliche Abläufe auf tiefgreifende Art und Weise. Online-Plattformen bieten eine beispiellose Vielfalt an Produkten und Dienstleistungen an, während technologische Innovationen wie künstliche Intelligenz rasch entwickelt und in vielen Anwendungsbereichen eingesetzt werden. Gleichzeitig birgt der rasante Aufstieg digitaler Technologien zahlreiche Herausforderungen ...

The Economic Impact of E-lending in Public Libraries on the Consumer Book Market: Final Report; Research Project Commissioned by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM)

Repurposing Natural Gas Pipelines for Hydrogen: Limits and Options from a Case Study in Germany

We investigate the challenges and options for repurposing existing natural gas pipelines for hydrogen transportation. Challenges of re-purposing are mainly related to safety and due to the risk of hydrogen embrittlement of pipeline steels and the smaller molecular size of the gas. From an economic perspective, the lower volumetric energy density of hydrogen compared to natural gas is a challenge. We ...