What do the papers sell? A model of advertising and media bias

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 537, 2009, Pages 680-704

  Ellman, Matthew ^a   Germano, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; MEDIA INDUSTRY; MODELING; MONOPOLY;

EID: 62749133488     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02218.x     Document Type: Article

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