Platform siphoning: Ad-avoidance and media content

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-34

  Anderson, Simon P ^a   Gans, Joshua S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84855381053     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.3.4.1     Document Type: Article

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