Jeff Gortmaker @jeffgortmaker.com · Nov 18 13/ I estimate website quality's production function using timing assumptions. A weak link between OSS use and traffic translates into a weak effect of OSS use on quality, limiting the effect of OSS on competition and consumers in policy simulations.
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14/ Subject to the production function, firms' cost-minimizing choices reveal web development costs. Firms prefer OSS with more, own, and domestic investment. The model translates these patterns into public, private, and localized benefits of OSS investment.