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What Should Economists Know About the Cloud? A Literature Review on Digital Economics

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The climate of technological innovation has presented the world with many solutions, but at the same time, many issues follow. This paper discusses several elements of the backbone network and data centers to encourage researchers to work on this subject and dig deeper into the economic impact, regulation, competition, etc. This paper should be read as a simple guide to this complex industry.

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  • Leka, Enxhi, 2022. "What Should Economists Know About the Cloud? A Literature Review on Digital Economics," 31st European Regional ITS Conference, Gothenburg 2022: Reining in Digital Platforms? Challenging monopolies, promoting competition and developing regulatory regimes 265651, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
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