Geo-blocking in Cross-border e-Commerce in the EU Digital Single Market

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A cross-border e-commerce Mystery Shopping Survey conducted in 2015, finds that the practice of erecting virtual barriers is still common in cross-border e-commerce within the EU, as it was in 2009. Electrical appliances, electronics and computer games are particularly difficult to buy online from another country. Geo-blocking often takes place at the delivery stage of the online purchase process and less often at the access stage. Larger websites can also block access according to a buyer’s IP address. Geo-blocking is less probably between countries sharing a common language while a common border or geographical proximity has no effect. Travel services have a different pattern of geo-blocking from tangible goods, where geo-blocking mainly takes place at the access stage. Price analysis shows that differentiation takes place in all sectors, but is more common in the sectors less affected by geo-blocking.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Digital Economy Working Paper ; No. 2016/04

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
• Thema: geo-blocking ; mystery shopping ; cross-border e-commerce ; digital single market

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Cardona, Mélisande
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
• (wo): Seville
• (wann): 2016

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/202221
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ