Media bias and reputation

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 280-316

  Gentzkow, Matthew ^a   Shapiro, Jesse M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; MEDIA ROLE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 33646445477     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499414     Document Type: Article

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