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dc.contributor.author | Germano, Fabrizio | en |
dc.contributor.author | Meier, Martin | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-19 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-12T12:34:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-07-12T12:34:27Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/59681 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Within a simple model of non-localized, Hotelling-type competition among arbitrary numbers of media outlets we characterize quality and content of media under different ownership structures. Assuming advertising-sponsored, profit-maximizing outlets, we show that (i) topics sensitive to advertisers can be underreported (self-censored) by all outlets in the market, (ii) self-censorship increases with the concentration of ownership, (iii) adding outlets, while keeping the number of owners fixed, may even increase self-censorship; the latter result relies on consumers' most preferred outlets being potentially owned by the same media companies. We argue that externalities resulting from self-censorship could be empirically large. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aNorthwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science |cEvanston, IL | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aDiscussion Paper |x1518 | en |
dc.subject.jel | L13 | en |
dc.subject.jel | L82 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | media economics | en |
dc.subject.keyword | media consolidation | en |
dc.subject.keyword | media markets | en |
dc.subject.keyword | advertising and commercial media bias | en |
dc.title | Concentration and self-censorship in commercial media | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 644260025 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:nwu:cmsems:1518 | en |
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