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Omnichannel Retail and E-Commerce Save Consumers Time and Money, and Reduce Emissions

PublishedFebruary 6, 2025
Written By
  • Trevor Wagener

E-commerce and omni-channel retail options have transformed the way consumers shop, offering significant time and fuel savings, as well as environmental advantages. This paper estimates how much time consumers save through home delivery compared to shopping at brick-and-mortar stores, the dollar value of that saved time, the dollar value of saved fuel, and the value of corresponding emissions reductions.

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March 23, 2026

Economic Implications of the European Union Space Act

The study finds that the EU Space Act risks causing economy-wide effects through delayed adoption of new space-based services across the economy. The EUSA would increase manufacturing and design co...

    Space & Spectrum
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March 18, 2026

An Analysis of the Performance of European Venture Capital-Funded Startups

The Digital Markets Act and antitrust enforcer scrutiny eliminated European startup acquisitions by explicitly targeted U.S. companies and reduced European startup acquisitions by other large U.S. ...

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March 2, 2026

Generative AI: an Assessment of Competitive Dynamics in the Asia-Pacific Region

RBB Economics analyzed competition across the AI stack in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and concluded that the AI market in the APAC region exhibits intense, healthy competition across the entire ...

    Competition
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January 12, 2026

Repealing Section 230 Would Cost Americans Over $2.2 Trillion

Section 230 of the Communications Act (Section 230) importantly places legal accountability on creators of speech, rather than those who merely display it. It also allows digital services to safely mo...
  • Online Safety
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