Michael D. Smith

Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management

Professor of Information Technology and Marketing

Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

United States

http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~mds

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1.

Consumer Surplus in the Digital Economy: Estimating the Value of Increased Product Variety at Online Booksellers

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 08 May 2003 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2017
Erik Brynjolfsson, Yu Jeffrey Hu and Michael D. Smith
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 5,131 (2,338)
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Consumer Surplus, Product Variety, Electronic Markets

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From Niches to Riches: Anatomy of the Long Tail

Sloan Management Review, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 67-71, Summer 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2015
Erik Brynjolfsson, Yu Jeffrey Hu and Michael D. Smith
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 5,007 (2,466)
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Product Variety, The Long Tail, Search Costs, Recommender Systems, Strategy

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Understanding Digital Markets: Review and Assesment

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Nov 2001
Michael D. Smith, Joseph Bailey and Erik Brynjolfsson
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, University of Maryland and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Downloads 4,591 (2,862)
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Gone in 60 Seconds: The Impact of the Megaupload Shutdown on Movie Sales

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2013
Brett Danaher and Michael D. Smith
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 4,125 (3,442)
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Piracy, regulation, digitial distribution, copyright policy, motion picture industry, natural experiment

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Assessing the Academic Literature Regarding the Impact of Media Piracy on Sales

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2013
Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 3,548 (4,430)
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Piracy

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The Longer Tail: The Changing Shape of Amazon’s Sales Distribution Curve

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2014
Erik Brynjolfsson, Yu Jeffrey Hu and Michael D. Smith
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 3,538 (4,453)
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Long Tail, electronic commerce, sales distribution, niche products, power law

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All Reviews are Not Created Equal: The Disaggregate Impact of Reviews and Reviewers at Amazon.Com

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2014
Pei-Yu Chen, Samita Dhanasobhon and Michael D. Smith
Arizona State University (ASU) - Department of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 3,370 (4,859)
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electronic commerce, recommendation system, digital word-of-mouth, econometrics

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The Effect of Graduated Response Anti-Piracy Laws on Music Sales: Evidence from an Event Study in France

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The Effect of Graduated Response Anti-Piracy Laws on Music Sales: Evidence from an Event Study in France

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2014
Brett Danaher, Michael D. Smith, Rahul Telang and Siwen Chen
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Marsh & McLennan Companies - Oliver Wyman
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Piracy, regulation, digital distribution, music industry, information goods, natural experiment

The Effect of Graduated Response Anti‐Piracy Laws on Music Sales: Evidence from an Event Study in France

The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 62, Issue 3, pp. 541-553, 2014
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Sep 2014
Brett Danaher, Michael D. Smith, Rahul Telang and Siwen Chen
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Marsh & McLennan Companies - Oliver Wyman
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The Effect of Piracy Website Blocking on Consumer Behavior

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 02 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2019
Brett Danaher, Jonathan Samuel Hersh, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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piracy, regulation, digital distribution, motion picture industry, natural experiment

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Internet Exchanges for Used Books: An Empirical Analysis of Product Cannibalization and Welfare Impact

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Sep 2004
Anindya Ghose, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 2,560 (7,607)
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Publisher welfare, retailer welfare, consumer surplus, price competition, used books sales, electronic markets

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Location, Location, Location: An Analysis of Profitability of Position in Online Advertising Markets

Agarwal, A., K. Hosanagar, M. D. Smith (2011), “Location, location and location: An analysis of profitability of position in online advertising markets,” Journal of Marketing Research, 48, 1057-1073.
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2014
Ashish Agarwal, Kartik Hosanagar and Michael D. Smith
University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 2,426 (8,263)
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Sponsored search, ad placement, hierarchical Bayesian estimation, online advertising, online auctions, search engine marketing

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The Impact of Ebook Distribution on Print Sales: Analysis of a Natural Experiment

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2017
Hailiang Chen, Yu Jeffrey Hu and Michael D. Smith
HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Digital distribution, channel, publishing industry, natural experiment

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The Economics of Peer-to-Peer Networks

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Feb 2004
Ramayya Krishnan, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Peer-to-peer, club goods, public goods, network externalities

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Consumer Decision-Making at an Internet Shopbot

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Nov 2001
Michael D. Smith and Erik Brynjolfsson
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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A Nearly Perfect Market?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Oct 2003 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2014
Erik Brynjolfsson, Astrid Andrea Dick and Michael D. Smith
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 2,109 (10,372)
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Search costs, shopbot, product differentiation, random coefficients choice model

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An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Pre-Release Movie Piracy on Box-Office Revenue

Information Systems Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2014
Liye Ma, Alan Montgomery, Param Vir Singh and Michael D. Smith
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 1,799 (13,413)
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Movies, Digital Piracy, Theatrical Revenue

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The Dual Impact of Movie Piracy on Box-Office Revenue: Cannibalization and Promotion

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Feb 2016
Liye Ma, Alan Montgomery and Michael D. Smith
Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 1,757 (13,956)
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Motion Pictures, Piracy, Box Office Revenue, Hidden Markov Models, Hierarchical Bayesian Models

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Competing with Free: The Impact of Movie Broadcasts on DVD Sales and Internet Piracy

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Competing with Free: The Impact of Movie Broadcasts on DVD Sales and Internet Piracy

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 1,513 (17,224)
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Information goods, Movie broadcasts, movie promotion, DVD Sales, Broadcast flag, consumer surplus

Competing with Free: The Impact of Movie Broadcasts on DVD Sales and Internet Piracy

TPRC 2006
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Jul 2012
Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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The Great Equalizer? Consumer Choice Behavior at Internet Shopbots

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 19 Nov 2001
Erik Brynjolfsson and Michael D. Smith
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 1,575 (16,496)
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Internet, Choice Models, Brand, Service Quality, Partitioned Pricing, Intermediaries

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An Empirical Analysis of Network Externalities in Peer-to-Peer Music Sharing Networks

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Sep 2003
Atip Asvanund, Karen Clay, Ramayya Krishnan and Michael D. Smith
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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peer-to-peer, file sharing, empirical, network externalities, network size

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Converting Pirates Without Cannibalizing Purchasers: The Impact of Digital Distribution on Physical Sales and Internet Piracy

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2014
Brett Danaher, Samita Dhanasobhon, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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digital distribution, channel conflict, cannibalization, iTunes, DVD

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Piracy or Promotion? The Impact of Broadband Internet Penetration on Dvd Sales

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2014
Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 1,203 (24,721)
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Information goods, Internet penetration, movie promotion, DVD Sales

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The Consumer Online Purchase Decision: A Model of Consideration Set Formation and Buyer Conversion Rate Across Market Leaders and Market Followers

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Jan 2004
Neveen Awad, Michael D. Smith and Mayuram S. Krishnan
Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 1,065 (29,453)

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Consumer search costs, competition, consideration set formation, empirical, survey

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Website Blocking Revisited: The Effect of the UK November 2014 Blocks on Consumer Behavior

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Apr 2016
Brett Danaher, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Piracy, Regulation, Digital Distribution, Motion Picture Industry, Natural Experiment

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Service Adoption and Pricing of Content Delivery Network (CDN) Services

Management Science, Vol. 54, No. 09, pp. 1579-1593
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2014
Kartik Hosanagar, John Chuang, Ramayya Krishnan and Michael D. Smith
University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department, University of California, Berkeley - School of Information, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Content delivery networks, internet, pricing, bursty traffic, web hosting, media delivery

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Measuring Information Diffusion in an Online Community

Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 17 Jun 2011
Rajiv Garg, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 767 (46,446)
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information diffusion, peer influence, new content discovery, online music community, social influence, empirical research, data mining

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Prospects for Personalization on the Internet

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Jul 2008
Alan Montgomery and Michael D. Smith
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 651 (57,608)
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Interactive marketing, personalization

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Interest-Based Self-Organizing Peer-to-Peer Networks: A Club Economics Approach

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Interest-Based Self-Organizing Peer-to-Peer Networks: A Club Economics Approach

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Sep 2004
Atip Asvanund, Ramayya Krishnan, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Peer-to-peer, club economics, dynamic network, empirical

Interest-Based Self-Organizing Peer-to-Peer Networks: A Club Economics Approach

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Feb 2005
Atip Asvanund, Ramayya Krishnan, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Peer-to-peer, club economics, dynamic network, empirical

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Digital Business Models for Peer-to-Peer Networks: Analysis and Economic Issues

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Jul 2006
Ramayya Krishnan, Michael D. Smith, Zhulei Tang and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Peer-to-peer networks, digital business models, public goods, club goods, free riding

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Product Features, Physical Distribution Networks, and Effects of Digital Channel Introduction: Evidence from the Korean Movie Market

Boston University Questrom School of Business Research Paper No. 3749476
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2021
Yangfan Liang, Gordon Burtch, Daegon Cho and Michael D. Smith
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Boston University - Questrom School of Business, College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Movies, release windows, piracy, regulation, digital distribution, motion picture industry, natural experiment

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Do Search Engines Influence Media Piracy? Evidence from a Randomized Field Study

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2015
Liron Sivan, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 576 (67,365)
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search engines, piracy, copyright, anti-piracy

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Piracy Landscape Study: Analysis of Existing and Emerging Research Relevant to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement of Commercial-Scale Piracy

USPTO Economic Working Paper No. 2020-02
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Apr 2020
Brett Danaher, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 570 (68,273)
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digital piracy, enforcement, intellectual property right (IPR), enforcement, piracy

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Long Tails Versus Superstars: The Effect of IT on Product Variety and Sales Concentration Patterns

Information Systems Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2014
Erik Brynjolfsson, Yu Jeffrey Hu and Michael D. Smith
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 568 (68,567)

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Long Tail, Superstar, Product Variety, Sales Concentration, Information Technology

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Gaining Trust Through Online Privacy Protection: Self-Regulation, Mandatory Standards, or Caveat Emptor

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2015
Zhulei Tang, Yu Jeffrey Hu and Michael D. Smith
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 519 (76,721)
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Privacy, asymmetric information, Internet, consumer surplus, producer surplus, social welfare

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Windows of Opportunity: The Impact of Piracy and Delayed International Availability on DVD Sales

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 May 2016 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2016
Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 507 (78,954)
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DVD sales, release windows, digital piracy, motion picture industry

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Static and Dynamic Pricing in Online Markets

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Sep 2004
Karen Clay, Michael D. Smith and Eric Wolff
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Internet, pricing, dynamic pricing, static pricing, books, oligopoly

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Internet Effects on Retail Markets

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2015
Michael D. Smith and Alejandro Zentner
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and The University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
Downloads 486 (83,084)
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Do Organic Results Help or Hurt Sponsored Search Performance?

Ashish Agarwal, Kartik Hosanagar, Michael D. Smith (2015) Do Organic Results Help or Hurt Sponsored Search Performance?, Information Systems Research 26(4):695-713, DOI 10.1287/isre.2015.0593
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2016
Ashish Agarwal, Kartik Hosanagar and Michael D. Smith
University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 466 (87,430)
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Sponsored search, Organic search, ad placement, hierarchical Bayesian estimation, online advertising, online auctions, search engine marketing

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A Tangled Web: Should Online Review Portals Display Fraudulent Reviews?

Forthcoming, Information Systems Research
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 26 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2020
Uttara M Ananthakrishnan, Beibei Li and Michael D. Smith
University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Fraudulent Reviews, Randomized Experiment, User Trust, Online Platform, Product Search Engine

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An Empirical Analysis of Digital Music Bundling Strategies

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Mar 2014
Brett Danaher, Yan Huang, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 392 (106,773)
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Information Goods, Bundling, Digital Music, Price Elasticity, Natural Experiment

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Information Discovery and the Long Tail of Motion Picture Content

Management Information Systems Quarterly (2014), 38(4), 1057-1078
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2017
Anuj Kumar, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 366 (115,434)
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Incomplete information, product discovery, multichannel distribution, movie industry, cannibalization, movie broadcast, DVD sales and rental, Long Tail, sales distribution

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Consumer Behavior in the Online Classroom: Using Video Analytics and Machine Learning to Understand the Consumption of Video Courseware

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2021
Mi Zhou, George H. Chen, Pedro Ferreira and Michael D. Smith
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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video analytics, digital media consumption, digital education, interpretable machine learning, computer vision, multimedia data analytics

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Analysis of the Potential Market for Out-of-Print eBooks

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Sep 2012
Michael D. Smith, Rahul Telang and Yi Zhang
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 352 (120,563)
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eBooks, out-of-print books, copyright, propensity score, consumer surplus, Kindle

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Piracy and Copyright Enforcement Mechanisms

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Piracy and Copyright Enforcement Mechanisms

Innovation Policy and the Economy, Vol. 14, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Jun 2013
Brett Danaher, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Piracy and Copyright Enforcement Mechanisms

NBER Working Paper No. w19150
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2022
Brett Danaher, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Internet Exchanges for Used Digital Goods

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 24 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2014
Rahul Telang and Michael D. Smith
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 285 (150,606)
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Information Goods, Price elasticity, Digital distribution, First sale doctrine, Used Products, Electronic Markets

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How Video Rental Patterns Change as Consumers Move Online

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2014
Alejandro Zentner, Michael D. Smith and Cuneyd Kaya
The University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and University of Texas at Dallas
Downloads 210 (202,587)
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Long Tail, movie rentals, natural experiment, empirical estimation

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Culling the Herd: Using Real World Randomized Experiments to Measure Social Bias with Known Costly Goods

Management Science, Volume 62, Issue 9, February 15, 2016
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2017
Miguel Godinho de Matos, Pedro Ferreira, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Randomized Experiment, Likes, Ratings, Video-on-Demand

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The Perfect Storm: Using Snowstorms to Analyze the Effect of Theatrical Attendance on the Demand for Subsequently Released DVDs

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 04 Aug 2015
Patrick Choi, Peter Boatwright and Michael D. Smith
Bocconi University - Department of Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 154 (264,826)
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Movie sales, DVD sales, snowstorms, empirical analysis

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Standards Competition in the Presence of Digital Conversion Technology: An Empirical Analysis of the Flash Memory Card Market

MIS Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2014
Charles Z. Liu, Charles Z. Liu, Chris F. Kemerer, Sandra Slaughter and Michael D. Smith
University of Texas at San AntonioUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology (Deceased) and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Downloads 148 (273,450)
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Network effects, standards competition, conversion technologies, flash memory, digital goods

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Understanding Media Markets in the Digital Age: Economics and Methodology

NBER Working Paper No. w19634
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2022
Brett Danaher, Samita Dhanasobhon, Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
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Discovery of Music through Peers in an Online Community

44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2011)
Posted: 20 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2018
Rajiv Garg, Rahul Telang and Michael D. Smith
Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management

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information diffusion, peer influence, new content discovery, online music community, social influence

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Compatibility and Proprietary Standards: The Impact of Conversion Technologies in IT Markets with Network Effects

Information Systems Research, v. 22, n. 1, pp. 188-207, March 2011
Posted: 18 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2014
Charles Z. Liu, Charles Z. Liu, Esther Gal-Or, Chris F. Kemerer and Michael D. Smith
University of Texas at San AntonioUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management

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Network Effects, Conversion Technologies, Compatibility, Technology Standards, Digital Goods, Network Externalities