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dc.contributor.authorAlsem, Karel-Janen
dc.contributor.authorBrakman, Stevenen
dc.contributor.authorHoogduin, Lexen
dc.contributor.authorKuper, Gerarden
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:52:13Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:52:13Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18693-
dc.description.abstractIt is sometimes argued that news reports in the media suffer from biased reporting.Mullainathan and Shleifer (2002) argue that there are two types of media bias. One bias,called ideology, reflects a news outlet's desire to affect reader opinions in a particulardirection. The second bias, referred to as spin, reflects the outlet's attempt to simply create amemorable story. Competition between outlets can eliminate the effect of ideological bias, butincreases the incentive to spin stories. We examine whether we find some evidence of spin inDutch newspaper reporting on the state of the economy. If newspapers are indeed able tocreate memorable stories this should, according to our hypothesis, affect the opinion ofreaders with respect to the state of the economy. Sentiments about the actual state of theeconomy could be magnified by spin. As a result, consumer confidence – a variable thatroutinely measures the opinion on the state of the economy – can be expected to be affectednot only by economic fundamentals, but also by the way these fundamentals are reported. Weconstruct a variable that reflects the way consumers perceive economic news reported innewspapers. We find that this variable indeed has a significant impact on consumerconfidence, which is short-lived.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1328en
dc.subject.jelE30en
dc.subject.jelE21en
dc.subject.jelE20en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwKonsumklimaen
dc.subject.stwKonsumentenverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwInformationsverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftsinformationen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwNiederlandeen
dc.subject.stwWrtschaftsjournalismusen
dc.titleThe impact of newspapers on consumer confidence : does spin bias exist?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn477412343en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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