Imke Reimers

Biography

Imke Reimers is the J. Thomas and Nancy W. Clark Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and an associate professor of strategy and business economics at Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. She is broadly interested in the industrial organization of digital markets, information, and intellectual property. Her research mainly focuses on three specific questions: how does information technology affect the functioning and efficiency of markets; how do copyright and other forms of intellectual property affect access to information; and how do digital platforms use their market power and what are the consequences of their actions?

Reimers received a PhD in economics from the University of Minnesota in 2013. She also holds a BS in mathematics and economics from the University of Nebraska. Before joining Cornell, she was an associate professor of economics at Northeastern University.

Education

PhD University Of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2013
MA University Of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2012
BS University Of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2008

Research

• Reimers, Imke; Waldfogel, Joel. "The First Sale Doctrine and Public Library Provision of Print and Electronic Books"Review of Economics and Statistics. (forthcoming).
• Aguiar, Luis; Reimers, Imke; Waldfogel, Joel. "Platforms and the transformation of the content industries"Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. 33.2 (2024): 317-326
• Nagaraj, Abhishek; Reimers, Imke. "Digitization and the Market for Physical Works: Evidence from the Google Books Project"American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 15.4 (2023): 428-458
• He, Leshui; Reimers, Imke; Shiller, Benjamin. "Does Amazon Exercise Its Market Power? Evidence from Toys“R”Us"Journal of Law and Economics. 65.4 (2022): 665-685
• Peukert, Christian; Reimers, Imke. "Digitization, Prediction, and Market Efficiency: Evidence from Book Publishing Deals"Management Science. 68.9 (2022): 6907-6924
• Reimers, Imke; Waldfogel, Joel. "Digitization and Pre-purchase Information: The Causal and Welfare Impacts of Reviews and Crowd Ratings"American Economic Review. 111.6 (2021): 1944-1971
• Reimers, Imke. "Copyright and Generic Entry in Book Publishing"American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. 11.3 (2019): 257-284
• Reimers, Imke; Xie, Claire Chunying. "Do Coupons Expand or Cannibalize Revenue? Evidence from an e-Market"Management Science. 65.1 (2019): 286-300
• Reimers, Imke; Shiller, Benjamin. "The Impacts of Telematics on Competition and Consumer Behavior in Insurance"Journal of Law and Economics. 62.4 (2019): 613-632