W7197004504 Working papers AI × management and organizations

Demand Discovery under Free Imitation: Generative AI and Creation Incentives in a Digital Doujin Platform

Makoto Kadowaki

Also recorded as: doi:10.2139/ssrn.7204100 · ssrn:7204100

ssrn abstract page · 2026-08-07

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Using policy changes on the DLsite digital-creator marketplace, the abstract estimates a demand-and-entry model in which creators choose human or AI production and argues that generative AI lowers creation costs while accelerating imitation of newly discovered niches.

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Scope: abstract-level; platform-market and creator-entry study; exact estimation period and denominators not fully reported on the abstract page

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