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Cable TV regulation Practice Questions
The high upfront cost of laying cable lines means it may be inefficient for multiple cable companies to exist in the market. Therefore, cable TV provision may be an example of a (an) _____________________.
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a. Bertrand equilibrium
b. natural monopoly
c. both a. and b.
2. Over time, the price of cable has trended _________________, while the quality of cable programs and services have _________________.
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a. upward, increased
b. downward, increased
c. upward, decreased
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Economics of the Media
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(41 videos)
Basic economics of media
The importance of fixed costs
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Non-rivalry in consumption
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Spatial models
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Network externalities
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Some economics of advertising
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The economics of payola
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Payola and conflict of interest
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Rossman Payola 1
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Rossman Payola 2
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Does consolidation lower variety?
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Multiple equilibria
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History of media economics
Steven Pearlstein on newspapers (Optional)
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James Hamilton, Markets for News (Optional)
Media bias
What drives media slant?
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Does competitiveness lower bias?
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Balance for ballot propositions
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Newspapers and agenda setting
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Ideological segregation
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The danger of stories
Media and government
Spectrum auctions, spectrum liberalization and the incomplete triumph of Coase
State ownership
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Net Neutrality by Jerry Brito
Network economics and 'net neutrality' regulation by Adam Thierer
Weak and strong natural monopoly
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Cable TV regulation
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Bundling
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Copyright and music
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Can the government influence private media?
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The unintended consequences of media
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The cultural diversity critique of markets
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Guide to Conspiracy Theories
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Media and economic development
Avant-garde and popular art
The economics of Bollywood
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Cable TV and women
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Food crises and India’s media
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Exposing corruption in Brazil
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What to do about HIV/AIDS?
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James T. Hamilton, “All the News That Fits to Sell”
Thomas Hazlett, The Law and Economics of Net Neutrality
Tim Groseclose, Media Bias
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Economics of the Media Exam