This paper analyses the quality provision of interrelated market firms under different market structures both theoretically and empirically. A theoretical model is built, where a media firm offers newspapers in a primary market and advertising space in the secondary market. Furthermore, the...

Nicht erst seit der geplanten Fusion zwischen den beiden Medienkonzernen, der ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG und der Axel Springer AG im Jahr 2005, wird in Deutschland aber auch in anderen Ländern, wie der USA, Großbri-tannien und Australien eine rege Diskussion darüber geführt, wie crossme-diale...

This paper analyses the quality provision of interrelated market firms under different market structures both theoretically and empirically. A theoretical model is built, where a media firm offers newspapers in a primary market and advertising space in the secondary market. Furthermore, the...

Media and especially mass media like newspapers or magazines are characterised by a number of peculiarities which are interesting from both a theoretical and empirical point of view. The interrelationship of reader and advertising markets, high sunk costs and large economies of scale are typical...