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Abstract
We study the heterogeneous effects of online video platforms on the sales volume and sales distribution of recorded music. Identification comes from two natural experiments in Germany. In 2009, virtually all music videos were blocked from YouTube as a result of a legal dispute. In 2013, the dedicated platform Vevo entered the market, making videos of a large number of artists available overnight. Our estimates suggest that restricting (enabling) access to online videos decreases (increases) recorded music sales on average by about 5%-10%. We show that the effect operates independently of the nature of video content, suggesting that user-generated content is as effective as official content. Moreover, we highlight heterogeneity in this effect: online music videos disproportionally benefit sales of new artists and sales of mainstream music.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 776-800 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Information Systems Research |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2020 |
Keywords
- Digital distribution platforms
- Natural experiment
- User-generated content
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CUBE: Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business and Economics
Machado, F. (PI), Aranda, A. M. (Researcher), Costa, A. I. D. A. (Researcher), Martins, A. P. (Researcher), Bernard, A. (Researcher), Fidalgo, A. (Researcher), Reis, C. (Researcher), Abecassis-Moedas, C. (Researcher), Santos, C. (Researcher), Tran, D. (Researcher), Fernandes, D. (Researcher), Bonfim, D. (Researcher), Schliephake, E. (Researcher), Kalogirou, F. (Researcher), Reis, F. (Researcher), Santos, F. (Researcher), Machado, F. (Researcher), Sguera, F. (Researcher), Cerqueiro, G. (Researcher), Reis, H. (Researcher), Barreto, I. (Researcher), Silva, J. (Researcher), Salvado, J. C. (Researcher), Neves, J. C. D. (Researcher), Gijsbrechts, J. (Researcher), Stahl, J. (Researcher), Guedes, J. C. (Researcher), Faias, J. (Researcher), Wagner, L. (Researcher), Correia, I. (Researcher), Saldanha, M. F. (Researcher), Fontes, J. C. (Researcher), Modesto, L. (Researcher), Meira, M. (Researcher), Matos, M. G. D. (Researcher), Gouveia, M. (Researcher), Kozeniauskas, N. (Researcher), Bertani, N. (Researcher), Couzoff, P. (Researcher), Barroso, P. (Researcher), Encarnação, P. (Researcher), Raposo, P. (Researcher), Teles, P. (Researcher), Bastos, W. (Researcher), Bohnsack, R. (Researcher), Vale, R. C. D. (Researcher), Ferreira, R. (Researcher), Lloyd-Braga, T. (Researcher), Ramus, T. (Researcher), Colaço, V. H. (Researcher), Cavicchini, A. (Researcher), Parada, P. (Researcher), Pieters, R. (Researcher), Pinto, F. A. G. D. L. S. (Researcher), Colaço, V. H. (Researcher) & Venter, Z. (Researcher)
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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digitcreation: The impact of digitization on creative industries
Matos, M. G. D. (PI), Peukert, C. (PI), Zejnilovic, S. (Researcher), Chumbo, J. (Scholarship holder), Belo, R. (Researcher), Telang, R. (Researcher), Reis, F. (Researcher), Yang, B. (Researcher), Conti, R. (Researcher), Mamadehussene, S. (Researcher), Smith, M. D. (Researcher) & Costa, J. R. D. (Técnico Superior)
15/09/18 → 14/09/21
Project: Research