The welfare and equity implications of competition in television broadcasting: The role of viewer tastes

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-140

  Liu, Yong ^a,b   Putler, Daniel S ^c   Weinberg, Charles B ^c,d  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SMEV ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Broadcasting; Competition; Television; Viewer taste; Viewer welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747875752     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10824-006-9007-6     Document Type: Article

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