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provide voters with knowledge of public issues. Modern information technologies and globalisation are increasing the exposure … of individuals to information. Goods advertising is competing with political information for people's attention. This … public policy. Complementing economic integration with political integration can increase the gains from globalisation …
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, though not in all cases. -- Globalisation ; agenda-setting ; information-rich societies ; scarcity of attention ; advertising … of individuals to information. Goods advertising is competing with political information for people's attention. This … public policy. Complementing economic integration with political integration can increase the gains from globalisation …
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of individuals to information. Goods advertising is competing with political information for people's attention. This … public policy. Complementing economic integration with political integration can increase the gains from globalisation …
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We develop a model with many advertisers (products) and many advertising markets (media). Each advertiser sells to a … different segment of consumers, and each medium has a different ability to target advertising messages. We characterize the … competitive equilibrium in the media markets and evaluate the implications of targeting in advertising markets.An increase in the …
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We develop a model with many heterogeneous advertisers (products) and advertising markets (media). Each advertiser has … increases the concentration of advertising firms in each market. Surprisingly, we find that the equilibrium price for …
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We find display advertising influences customer search for both the advertised brand and its competitors. We exploit a … advertisers and reduce firms' investments in advertising …
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Empirical evidence shows that the perception of information is strongly concentrated in those environments in which a mass of producers and users of knowledge interact through a distribution medium. This paper considers the consequences of this fact for economic equilibrium analysis. In...
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of individuals to information. Goods advertising is competing with political information for people's attention... …
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We develop a model to study the political economy implications of information gatekeeping, i.e., a policy of granting access only to friendly media outlets and denying access to critical ones. While an incumbent prefers positive bias, granting access improves her re-election probability only if...
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This paper develops a model of media bias in which rational agents acquire all their news from the source that is most likely to confirm their prior beliefs. Despite only wishing to make the correct decision, agents act as if they enjoy receiving news that supports their preconceptions. By...
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