Institutional Structure and Program Choices in Television Markets

1 February 1977

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Vol. 91 (1) , 15-37
https://doi.org/10.2307/1883136

Abstract

Introduction, 15.—The welfare criterion, 16.—Assumptions, 18.—Calculating program patterns, 21.—Counterexamples to Steiner's result, 23.—Ownership structure, channel capacity, and program patterns, 26.—Consumer surplus and total surplus, 31.—Welfare conclusions and policy implications, 35.

Keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY
CONSUMER SURPLUS
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
PROGRAM CHOICES
POLICY
STRUCTURE AND PROGRAM
TELEVISION MARKETS
PROGRAM PATTERNS
TOTAL SURPLUS

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