TY - JOUR A1 - Laub, Rene A1 - Miller, Klaus Matthias A1 - Skiera, Bernd T1 - Economic value of data T2 - Efl insights : an elf - the Data Science Institute publication N2 - FIRMS COLLECT A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA BY ENGAGING HEAVILY IN THE COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF ONLINE USER ACTIVITY VIA VARIOUS USER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES. RECENT POLICY INITIATIVES AIM AT RESTRICTING THIS PRACTICE TO PROTECT CONSUMER PRIVACY. WE STUDY EMPIRICALLY THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH RESTRICTIONS FOR ONLINE PUBLISHERS, SUCH AS NEWS WEBSITES, BECAUSE THEY STRONGLY RELY ON REVENUES THAT ARE GENERATED BASED ON USER DATA. WE FIND A PRICE DECREASE OF CA. 30% FOR ONLINE ADS WHEN NO DATA FROM USER TRACKING IS AVAILABLE. THE POTENTIAL REVENUE LOSS COULD BE MORE THAN EUR 14 BILLION IN THE EU AND MORE THAN USD 27 BILLION IN THE US. Y1 - 2020 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/57639 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-576394 SN - 1866-1238 SN - 2700-2241 VL - 2020 IS - 2 SP - 4 EP - 5 PB - E-Finance Lab e.V. CY - Frankfurt am Main ER -