Frank Mueller-Langer

University of the Bundeswehr Munich

Professorship for Digital Transformation

Munich

Germany

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Affiliated Research Fellow

Munich

Germany

European Commission, Joint Research Center

Seville

Spain

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (27)

1.

The Digital Transformation of News Media and the Rise of Disinformation and Fake News

Digital Economy Working Paper 2018-02, Joint Research Centre Technical Reports
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 May 2018 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2018
Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration, Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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fake news, disinformation, online news markets, social media, algorithmic news distribution, news aggregators

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The Economics of Ownership, Access and Trade in Digital Data

JRC Digital Economy Working Paper 2017-01
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Feb 2017
Néstor Duch-Brown, Bertin Martens and Frank Mueller-Langer
Joint Research Centre - European Commission, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Downloads 1,857 (15,829)
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data economy, big data, data ownership, data trade, database directive, privacy

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The Google Book Search Settlement: A Law and Economics Analysis

Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 7-50, 2011, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-06
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 May 2011 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2012
Frank Mueller-Langer and Marc Scheufen
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and Ruhr University Bochum
Downloads 608 (77,040)

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Book Rights Registry, Competition Policy, Copyright, Fair Use, Google Book Search, Library Program, Orphan Works

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Copyright and Open Access for Academic Works

Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 45-65, 2010, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-09
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Nov 2010
Frank Mueller-Langer and Richard Watt
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and University of Canterbury - Economics and Finance
Downloads 572 (83,130)
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Open Access, Academic Works, Effects of Removal of Copyrights

How Many More Cites is a $3,000 Open Access Fee Buying You? Empirical Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Economic Inquiry, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 06 Jan 2018
Frank Mueller-Langer and Richard Watt
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and University of Canterbury - Economics and Finance
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Open Access, Diffusion Processes, Citation Effects, Pre-Print Archiving

The Hybrid Open Access Citation Advantage: How Many More Cites is a $3,000 Fee Buying You?

Published as How Many More Cites is a $3,000 Open Access Fee Buying You? Empirical Evidence from a Natural Experiment, in: Economic Inquiry, Vol. 56, Issue 2, 2018, pp. 931-954, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 14-02
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2018
Frank Mueller-Langer and Richard Watt
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and University of Canterbury - Economics and Finance
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Copyright, Open Access, Academic Publishing, Hybrid Open Access, diffusion processes, citation effects

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Strict Liability Versus Negligence

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 May 2012
Hans-Bernd Schäfer and Frank Mueller-Langer
Bucerius Law School and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Downloads 493 (100,174)
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Negligence, Strict Liability

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Trade, Competition and Welfare in Global Online Labour Markets: A 'Gig Economy' Case Study

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2018
Estrella Gomez-Herrera, Bertin Martens and Frank Mueller-Langer
Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Downloads 456 (109,718)
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online labour market, sharing economy, gig economy, trade in digital tasks, virtual migration

Open Access to Data: An Ideal Professed but Not Practised

RatSWD Working Paper Series No. 215, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-07
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2013
Patrick Andreoli Versbach and Frank Mueller-Langer
Charles River Associates and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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Data sharing, data availability, open science

Open Access to Data: An Ideal Professed but Not Practised

RatSWD_WP_ 215
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 01 Jun 2013
Patrick Andreoli Versbach and Frank Mueller-Langer
Charles River Associates and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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Data sharing, data availability, open science, RatSWD, open access, sample, economics

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Academic Publishing and Open Access

Revised version in: Handke, Christian and Ruth Towse (eds.), Handbook of the Digital Creative Economy, Edward Elgar, 2013, pp. 365-377, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-03
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2014
Frank Mueller-Langer and Marc Scheufen
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and Ruhr University Bochum
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Copyright, Open Access, Academic Publishing

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Access to Digital Car Data and Competition in Aftersales Services

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 20 May 2020
Bertin Martens and Frank Mueller-Langer
Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Downloads 372 (138,615)
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data markets, data trade, digital data, connected cars, data protection, car services markets

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Is There a Gender Wage Gap in Online Labor Markets? Evidence from Over 250,000 Projects and 2.5 Million Wage Bill Proposals

Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 19-07
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 31 Jul 2019
Estrella Gomez Herrera and Frank Mueller-Langer
European Union - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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Gender wage gap, online labor markets, digitally performable projects

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The Economics of Replication

Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 17-03
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 31 Jan 2017
Frank Mueller-Langer, Benedikt Fecher, Dietmar Harhoff and Gert G. Wagner
University of the Bundeswehr Munich, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Replication, economics of science, science policy, economic methodology

The Economics of Replication

DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1640
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Feb 2017
Frank Mueller-Langer, Benedikt Fecher, Dietmar Harhoff and Gert G. Wagner
University of the Bundeswehr Munich, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Replication, economics of science, science policy, economic methodology

The Economics of Replication

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10533
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Feb 2017
Frank Mueller-Langer, Benedikt Fecher, Dietmar Harhoff and Gert G. Wagner
University of the Bundeswehr Munich, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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replication, economics of science, science policy, economic methodology

Neglected Infectious Diseases: Are Push and Pull Incentive Mechanisms Suitable for Promoting Research?

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-10
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 10 May 2013
Frank Mueller-Langer
University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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neglected diseases, essential medicines, R&D incentives, push and pull mechanisms

Neglected Infectious Diseases: Are Push and Pull Incentive Mechanisms Suitable for Promoting Drug Development Research?

Health Economics, Policy and Law, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 185-208
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 17 May 2013
Frank Mueller-Langer
University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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Neglected diseases, essential medicines, R&D incentives, push and pull mechanisms

Optimal Pricing and Quality of Academic Journals and the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Forced Open Access: A Two-Sided Model

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2012-019
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Apr 2012
Frank Mueller-Langer and Richard Watt
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and University of Canterbury - Economics and Finance
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academic journal, two-sided market, open access, welfare effects, copyright

Optimal Pricing and Quality of Academic Journals and the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Forced Open Access: A Two-Sided Model

RatSWD Working Paper No. 223
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Sep 2013
Frank Mueller-Langer and Richard Watt
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and University of Canterbury - Economics and Finance
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Two-sided markets, academic journals, open access, removal of copyright, welfare effects

Optimal Pricing and Quality of Academic Journals and the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Forced Open Access: A Two-Sided Model

Munich Discussion Paper No. 2013-10
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Aug 2013
Frank Mueller-Langer and Richard Watt
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and University of Canterbury - Economics and Finance
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Two-sided markets, academic journals, open access, removal of copyright, welfare effects

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An Analysis of the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Parallel Trade Freedom

Revised version published under the title "Parallel Trade and its Ambiguous Effects on Global Welfare", Review of International Economics, 2012, Vol. 20, No. 1, 177-185., Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 10-03
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2013
Frank Mueller-Langer
University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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Parallel Trade, Welfare Effects, Pharmaceuticals, Intellectual Property Rights

The Absence of 'Order Effects' in Dynamic Tournaments: Evidence from a Real-Life Randomized Experiment

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 11- 08
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 May 2011
Frank Mueller-Langer and Patrick Andreoli Versbach
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and Charles River Associates
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Tournaments, order effects, randomized natural experiments

Leading-Effect vs. Risk-Taking in Dynamic Tournaments: Evidence from a Real-Life Randomized Experiment

Munich Discussion Paper No. 2013-6
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Jul 2013
Frank Mueller-Langer and Patrick Andreoli Versbach
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and Charles River Associates
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Tournaments, order effects, leading-effect, risk-taking, randomized natural experiments

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On the Welfare Effects of Exclusive Distribution Arrangements

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-07
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 26 Jun 2012
Jürgen Eichberger and Frank Mueller-Langer
Heidelberg University - Alfred Weber Institute for Economics and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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Exclusive distribution, Competing distribution, Vertical foreclosure, Cournot competition

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Does Online Access Promote Research in Developing Countries? Empirical Evidence from Article-Level Data

Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 16-14
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Nov 2016
Frank Mueller-Langer, Marc Scheufen and Patrick Waelbroeck
University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Ruhr University Bochum and Télécom Paris
Downloads 171 (297,774)
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Online Access, Academic Publishing, Information Diffusion Processes, Instrumental Variables, Bayesian Estimation

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Open Access to Research Data: Strategic Delay and the Ambiguous Welfare Effects of Mandatory Data Disclosure

Information Economics and Policy, Vol. 42, March 2018, pp. 20-34, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 14-09
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 02 May 2018
Frank Mueller-Langer and Patrick Andreoli Versbach
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and Charles River Associates
Downloads 152 (328,862)
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data disclosure policy, strategic delay, welfare effects

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Multilateral Stability and Efficiency of Trade Agreements: A Network Formation Approach

Munich Discussion Paper No. 2013-3, Department of Economics, University of Munich
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2020
Nathalie Jorzik and Frank Mueller-Langer
Heidelberg University and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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Preferential trade, multilateral trade agreements, multilateral stability, GATT, network formation

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Indirect Copyright Infringement Liability for an ISP: An Application of the Theory of the Economics of Contracts under Asymmetric Information

Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 2018, 15(2), 57-79
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Jan 2019
Richard Watt and Frank Mueller-Langer
University of Canterbury - Economics and Finance and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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Is There a Gender Wage Gap in Online Labor Markets? Evidence from Over 250,000 Projects and 2.5 Million Wage Bill Proposals

CESifo Working Paper No. 7779
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Aug 2019
Estrella Gomez-Herrera and Frank Mueller-Langer
Joint Research Center of the European Commission and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Downloads 111 (417,850)
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gender wage gap, online labor markets, digitally performable projects

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Market Power and Artificial Intelligence Work on Online Labour Markets

Also in: Research Policy Volume 51, Issue 3, April 2022, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 22-01
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2023
Joint Research Centre - European Commission, Joint Research Center of the European Commission, University of the Bundeswehr Munich and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
Downloads 99 (453,013)
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Online labour markets, artificial intelligence, market power, exogenous change in platform policy

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Does Data Disclosure Increase Citations? Empirical Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Leading Economics Journals

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Feb 2019
Mark J. McCabe and Frank Mueller-Langer
Boston University - Questrom School of Business and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Downloads 98 (456,017)
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data disclosure, diffusion of knowledge, natural experiment, panel data

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Does Parallel Trade Freedom Harm Consumers in Small Markets?

Croatian Economic Survey, No. 11, pp. 11-41, 2008
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Jul 2011
Frank Mueller-Langer
University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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parallel trade, economic analysis of intellectual property rights

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Mobility Restrictions and the Substitution between On-Site and Remote Work: Empirical Evidence from a European Online Labour Market

Also published in: Information Economics and Policy, Volume 58, March 2022, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 21-26
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2023
Frank Mueller-Langer and Estrella Gomez-Herrera
University of the Bundeswehr Munich and Joint Research Center of the European Commission
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Remote work, on-site work, stay-at-home requirements, cost of working on-site, COVID-19, online labour markets

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Industrial Data Sharing and Data Readiness: A Law and Economics Perspective

Forthcoming in: European Journal of Law and Economics, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 23-22
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2023
Nathalie Jorzik, Paljana Kirchhof and Frank Mueller-Langer
Heidelberg University, University of the German Federal Armed Forces - Universität der Bundeswehr München and University of the Bundeswehr Munich
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Industrial data sharing, data readiness, welfare effects