Publications and Working Papers

Refereed Journal Publications

Bad Apples on Rotten Tomatoes: Critics, Crowds, and Gender Bias in Product Ratings

Luis Aguiar. Marketing Science, 2026, 45(1): 63–79.

DOI WP version

Platforms and the Transformation of the Content Industries

Luis Aguiar, Imke Reimers, and Joel Waldfogel. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2024, 33(2): 317–326.

DOI / OA

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Playlisting Favorites: Measuring Platform Bias in the Music Industry

Luis Aguiar, Joel Waldfogel, and Sarah Waldfogel. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2021, 78: 102765.

DOI NBER WP

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Media coverage

Variety El País

Platforms, Power, and Promotion: Evidence from Spotify Playlists

Luis Aguiar and Joel Waldfogel. Journal of Industrial Economics, 2021, 69: 653–691.

DOI NBER WP

Media coverage

Wall Street Journal VoxEU The Guardian

Catch Me if You Can: Effectiveness and Consequences of Online Copyright Enforcement

Luis Aguiar, Jörg Claussen, and Christian Peukert. Information Systems Research, 2018, 29(3): 656–678.

DOI WP version

Media coverage

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Quality Predictability and the Welfare Benefits from New Products: Evidence from the Digitization of Recorded Music

Luis Aguiar and Joel Waldfogel. Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126(2): 492–524.

DOI NBER WP

Media coverage

The Economist LSE Business Review

Netflix: Global Hegemon or Facilitator of Frictionless Digital Trade?

Luis Aguiar and Joel Waldfogel. Journal of Cultural Economics, 2018, 42(3): 419–445.

DOI

As Streaming Reaches Flood Stage, Does it Stimulate or Depress Music Sales?

Luis Aguiar and Joel Waldfogel. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2018, 57: 278–307.

DOI NBER WP

Media coverage

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Let the Music Play? Free Streaming and its Effects on Digital Music Consumption

Luis Aguiar. Information Economics and Policy, 2017, 41: 1–14.

DOI / OA

Media coverage

Longitud de Onda

Even the Losers Get Lucky Sometimes: New Products and the Evolution of Music Quality since Napster

Luis Aguiar and Joel Waldfogel. Information Economics and Policy, 2016, 34: 1–15.

DOI WP version

Digital Music Consumption on the Internet: Evidence from Clickstream Data

Luis Aguiar and Bertin Martens. Information Economics and Policy, 2016, 34: 27–43.

DOI / OA WP version

Media coverage

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Book Chapters

La Digitalización y las Industrias Culturales

Luis Aguiar and Joel Waldfogel. In Economía y cultura. Una mirada hacia el futuro, edited by Victoria Ateca Amestoy, Juan-José Ganuza, and Jesús Prieto Sacristán, 295–322, 2021. FUNCAS Social and Economic Studies, 5.

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Digitization and the Content Industries

Luis Aguiar and Joel Waldfogel. In Economic Analysis of the Digital Revolution, edited by Juan José Ganuza and Gerard Llobet, 273–304, 2018. FUNCAS Social and Economic Studies, 5.

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