Digital Economics

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Avi Goldfarb

University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

Catherine E. Tucker

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Management Science (MS)

Date Written: August 2017

Abstract

Digital technology is the representation of information in bits. This technology has reduced the cost of storage, computation, and transmission of data. Research on digital economics examines whether and how digital technology changes economic activity. In this review, we emphasize the reduction in five distinct economic costs associated with digital economic activity: Search costs, replication costs, transportation costs, tracking costs, and verification costs.

Suggested Citation

Goldfarb, Avi and Tucker, Catherine E., Digital Economics (August 2017). NBER Working Paper No. w23684, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3023079

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