Discrimination as a competitive device: The case of local television news

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Myers, Caitlin Knowles ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer discrimination; Discrimination; Local news; Product differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149116823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1995     Document Type: Article

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