Ownership consolidation and product characteristics: A study of the US daily newspaper market

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1598-1628

  Fan, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84882323866     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.5.1598     Document Type: Article

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