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P14. Estimating The Effects Of File-Sharing On Movie Box-Office, Zhuang Liu
P14. Estimating The Effects Of File-Sharing On Movie Box-Office, Zhuang Liu
Western Research Forum
Background:
File-sharing and on-line piracy have caught great public attention. There is a public debate on whether or not we should close torrenting sites like Piratedbay.com. Copyright holders argue yes and claim substantial loss due to filesharing while Pirates claim that file-sharing is welfare-improving and the effects on sale are negligible. Right now no consensus has been reached on how file-sharing affects industry revenue in economics literature.
Methods:
Using a novel dataset of downloads from Bit-Torrent network, this paper quantifies the effects of file-sharing on movie box-office revenue. I estimate a random coefficient demand model of movies to …