Working Papers

Content Taxes in the Digital Age

This policy brief explores suggestions that funds be raised to support content production through taxes on Internet service providers, telecoms and aggregators. It considers policy conflicts, revenue distribution, and the feasibility and sustainability of such measures.

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Professor Robert G. Picard

Professor Robert G Picard is a world-leading specialist on media economics and government media policies. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and served as Director of Research at the Reuters Institute from 2010 to 2014. He was formerly based... Read more about Professor Robert G. Picard

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Professor Robert G. Picard

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Kit Kowol

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