We consider a model of a TV oligopoly where TV channels transmit advertising and viewers dislike such commercials. We show that advertisers make a lower profit the larger the number of TV channels. If TV channels are sufficiently close substitutes, there will be underprovision of advertising...

Politicians seeking reelection need voters to know what they have done for them. Thus, incentives may arise to spend more money where media coverage is higher. We present a simple model to explain the allocation of public spending across jurisdictions contingent on media activity. An incumbent...

In a recently published article, Bruni and Stanca (2008) suggest that television viewing has a negative impact on life satisfaction. In this note we argue that the empirical approach they use (an approach that omits the main effect of TV viewing in life satisfaction) is problematic. We estimate...

Evidence from a sample of countries show that people roughly spend as much time watching television as earning their living. Moreover, television viewing and work hours are positively correlated across countries. A simple model based on complementarities in the organization of free time is...

Seit 1989 ist es auf dem japanischen Fernsehmarkt im Zuge der Senkung der Markteintrittsbarrieren zum vermehrten Marteintritt von Kabel- und Satellitenfernsehanbietern gekommen. Gefördert durch die daraus resultierende Einführung eines Trennungsmodells der Fernsehanbieter, die Digitalisierung...

In diesem Beitrag werden die strategischen Interaktionen bei der Programmwahl privater und öffentlich-rechtlicher TV-Anbieter mit Hilfe eines einfachen spieltheoretischen Modelies untersucht. Dabei zeigt sich unter anderem, daß die in der gegenwärtigen medienpolitischen Diskussion heftig...