Arbeitspapier

Drivers of Digital Attention: Evidence from a Social Media Experiment

I study demand for social media services by conducting an experiment where I monitor how participants spend time on digital services and shut off access to Instagram or YouTube on their mobile phones. I characterize how participants substitute their time during and after the restrictions, which motivates estimating a model of time usage with inertia. I apply the substitution patterns observed during the restriction period and implied by the model with and without inertia to a relevant market definition exercise to conclude that relevant markets may be larger than those considered by regulatory authorities for social media applications.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 10190

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Industrial Organization: General
Antitrust Issues and Policies: General
Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Thema
social media
attention markets
field experiment
relevant markets

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Aridor, Guy
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2022

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Aridor, Guy
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2022

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