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Displacement from piracy in the American comic book market 美国漫画市场的盗版现象

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100927

Wojciech Hardy

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引用次数: 4

Eliminating digital rights management from the E-book market 消除电子书市场的数字版权管理

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100935

Jin-Hyuk Kim , Tin Cheuk Leung

引用次数: 2

Broadband Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Rural Areas 宽带基础设施与农村地区经济增长

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100936

Alisher Aldashev , Birzhan Batkeyev

引用次数: 7

Investigative journalism and media capture in the digital age 数字时代的调查性新闻和媒体捕捉

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100942

Jay Pil Choi , Sangwoo Yang

引用次数: 10

Are emerging technologies helping win the fight against corruption? A review of the state of evidence 新兴技术是否有助于打赢反腐败斗争?对证据状况的回顾

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100950

Isabelle Adam , Mihály Fazekas

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引用次数: 47

The impact of internet access on research output - a cross-country study 互联网接入对研究产出的影响——一项跨国研究

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100914

Xu Xu, Markum Reed

引用次数: 9

When does remote electronic access (not) boost productivity? Longitudinal evidence from Portugal 什么时候远程电子访问能(不能)提高工作效率?来自葡萄牙的纵向证据

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100923

Natália P. Monteiro , Odd Rune Straume , Marieta Valente

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引用次数: 4

Mobile termination rates and retail regimes in Europe and the US: A unified theory of CPP and RPP 欧洲和美国的移动终端率和零售制度:CPP和RPP的统一理论

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100915

Sjaak Hurkens , Ángel L. López

引用次数: 0

Selective sharing of news items and the political position of news outlets 选择性分享新闻项目和新闻媒体的政治立场

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100926

Julian Freitag , Anna Kerkhof , Johannes Münster

引用次数: 5

Measuring consumer well-being from using free-of-charge digital services. The case of navigation apps 通过使用免费的数字服务来衡量消费者的幸福感。以导航应用为例

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Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100925

Maciej Sobolewski

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引用次数: 3