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Handbook of Media Economics, vol 1B
- 1st Edition, Volume 1B - December 3, 2015
- Editors: Simon P. Anderson, Joel Waldfogel, David Stromberg
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 6 8 5 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 6 8 9 - 8
Handbook of Media Economics provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is important for society,… Read more
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provides valuable information on a unique field that has its own theories, evidence, and policies. Understanding the media is important for society, and while new technologies are altering the media, they are also affecting our understanding of their economics.The book spans the large scope of media economics, simultaneously offering in-depth analysis of particular topics, including the economics of why media are important, how media work (including financing sources, institutional settings, and regulation), what determines media content (including media bias), and the effects of new technologies. The book provides a powerful introduction for those interested in starting research in media economics.
- Helps academic and non-academic economists understand recent rapid changes in theoretical and empirical advances, in structural empirical methods, and in the media industry's connection with the democratic process
- Presents the only detailed summary of media economics that emphasizes political economy, merger policy, and competition policy
- Pays special attention to the economic influences of the Internet, including developments in social media, user-generated content, and advertising, as well as the Internet's effects on newspapers, radio, and television
Graduate students and professors worldwide studying media economics, as well as those working in industrial organization and microeconomics. Non-academic economists worldwide working in regulation and competition policy
I: Media Market Structure and Performance
1. Preference Externalities in Media Markets. Simon Anderson and Joel Waldfogel
2. Advertising Finance and Two Sided Business Models. Simon Anderson and Bruno Jullien
3. Empirics of Media Markets. Steven Berry and Joel Waldfogel
4. Economics of Advertising. Regis Renault
5. Audience Behavior and Ad Response. Ken Wilbur
6. Merger Policy and Regulation in Media Industries. Oystein Foros, Hans Jarle Kind and Lars Sorgard
II: Sectors
7. Television. Mark Armstrong and Greg Crawford
8. Radio. Andrew Sweeting
9. Newspapers and Magazines. Chandra Ambarish and Ulrich Kaiser
10. Media Economics of the Internet. Martin Peitz and Markus Reisinger
11. Privacy and the Internet. Catherine Tucker
12. User-Generated Content. Michael Luca
III: The Political Economy of Mass Media
13. Media Coverage and Influence on Government. David Stromberg
14. Media Bias in the Marketplace: Theory. Daniel Stone, Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro
15. Media Bias in the Marketplace: Empirics. Riccardo Puglisi and James M. Snyder
16. Government Influence on Media: Theory. Andrea Prat
17. Government Influence on Media: Empirics. Ruben Enikolopov and Maria Petrova
18. The Role of Media in Finance. Paul Tetlock
19. Media and Social and Economic Outcome. Stefano Della Vigna and Eliana La Ferrara
- No. of pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 1B
- Published: December 3, 2015
- Imprint: North Holland
- Hardback ISBN: 9780444636850
- eBook ISBN: 9780444636898
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