Welfare effects of public service broadcasting in a free-to-air TV market

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Viewer's private information consumption generates external benefits for society, because information improves the ability of voters to control politicians. Our study compares two settings in a free-to-air TV market: a differentiated duopoly of private channels and an oligopoly with both private channels and a public service broadcaster broadcasting information as well as entertainment programs. We find that welfare effects of public service broadcasting depend on its program design and cost efficiency, the external benefits of voter's information, and the magnitude of lost rents from the advertising market.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Economics Department Working Paper Series ; No. 13

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Entertainment; Media ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
• Thema: Media ; two-sided TV market ; information externalities

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Rothbauer, Julia ; Sieg, Gernot
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
• (wo): Braunschweig
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51315
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ