Jeff Gortmaker @jeffgortmaker.com · Nov 18

11/ Investment grows codebases, a form of knowledge capital. Key externality: all firms can benefit from OSS. But benefits are uneven: firms contribute features that primarily help themselves (private benefits) and features in Chinese especially help China (localized benefits).

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Jeff Gortmaker · Nov 18

12/ Consumers choose websites based on country, language, and quality. I get to use my own OSS PyBLP to estimate demand! I find strong "home bias," limiting international competition in policy simulations.