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Growth in the “New Economy”: U.S. Bandwidth Use and Pricing Across the 1990s

Galbi, Douglas A. - EconWPA - 2003

An acceleration in the growth of communications bandwidth in use and a rapid reduction in bandwidth prices have not accompanied the U.S. economy’s strong performance in the second half of the 1990s. Overall U.S. bandwidth in use has grown robustly throughout the 1990s, but growth has not...

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Communications Policy, Media Development, and Convergence

Galbi, Douglas A. - EconWPA - 2003

In the deliberations of scholars, policy analysts, and policy makers, television has exceptional power and influence …. Yet the historical record shows that television has not changed the economics of attention for large populations in the … aspirations, building national brands, and establishing significant brand equity. The advent of radio and television did not …

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If people vote because they like to, then why do so many of them lie?

Harbaugh, William T. - EconWPA - 1996

Of those eligible, about 40% do not vote in presidential elections. When asked, about a quarter of those nonvoters will lie to the survey takers and claim that they did. Increases in education are associated with higher voting rates and lower rates of lying overall, but with increased rates of...

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Reputation Effects in Gold Glove Award Voting

Zillante, Arthur - EconWPA - 2005

Reputation effects have been thought to influence how candidates in an election are viewed by the electorate. Using … appear to have a significant effect on the outcome of the election, current-year offensive accomplishments do not. …

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Broadcasting

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2002

) Act 1992, Radio Licence Fees Act 1964 and the Television Licence Fees Act 1964. The Commission was to advise on practical …

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Advertising and the Media

Kremhelmer, Susanne; Zenger, Hans - EconWPA - 2004

This paper argues that advertising should be regarded as a transaction between a consumer and a firm that potentially generates a mutual benefit. We develop that there exists a problem of adverse selection, however, which makes it impossible to establish direct markets for advertising. The media...

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TV Advertising, Program Quality, and Product-Market Oligopoly

Nilssen, Tore; Sørgard, Lars - EconWPA - 2003

We present a model of the TV-advertising market that encompasses both the product markets and the market for TV programs. We argue that the TV industry has several idiosyncratic characteristics that need to be modeled, and show that the strategic interaction in this industry differs from other...

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Determinants of Profit in the Broadcasting Industry | Evidence from Japanese Micro Data|

KASUGA, Norihiro; Shishikura, Manabu - EconWPA - 2005

The operating areas of each terrestrial broadcasting station in Japan are geographically divided by a licensing system …

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Dos Modelos para el Análisis de la Televisión en Colombia

Arévalo, Julián; Herrera, Juan Pablo - EconWPA - 2004

En este artículo se presenta una descripción de la industria de televisión en Colombia haciendo distinción entre el … servicio de televisión cerrada (o por suscripción) y el de televisión abierta. En el caso de este último, se propone un modelo … televisión por suscripción, se muestra el impacto de la ilegalidad en la prestación del servicio por parte de algunos operadores …

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The DVD vs. DIVX Standard War: Empirical Evidence of Vaporware

Dranove, David; Gandal, Neil - EconWPA - 2001

In this paper, we empirically measure the effect of the DIVX preannouncement in the DVD market. We do this by measuring the effect of potential (incompatible) competition on a network undergoing growth. We find that there are network effects in the DVD market and that the preannouncement of DIVX...

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