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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Another loudness war: how record labels compete for consumer attention |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | SSRN |
| Number | 2444708 |
| ISSN | 1556-5068 |
| Number of Pages | 39 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Abstract Text | In markets with thousands of products, firms cannot take it for granted that consumers are even aware of their articles’ existence. Advertising and actions to attract consumer attention are therefore integral components of a firm’s competitive toolbox. We study firms’ behavior in a perfect example for such a market: The music industry, in which consumers can choose from a plethora of albums and songs. We study a specific strategic instrument of firms, single releases, applying unique micro-level data. Arguing that the digitization of the industry via MP3, filesharing, and iTunes amounts to forced unbundling, the role of singles has changed from individual revenue generators (pre-digital era) to pure attention gatherers. In accordance with this driving hypothesis, we observe an inverse U-shaped relationship between competition intensity and the number of singles released in the digital era, while previously competition had a purely negative effect. |
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| Official URL | http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2444708 |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.2139/ssrn.2444708 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:11513 |
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