The Rise of the Fourth Estate. How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered

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The Rise of the Fourth Estate. How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered

In: Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History

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Matthew Gentzkow
Edward L. Glaeser
Claudia Goldin

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This chapter was published in: Matthew Gentzkow & Edward L. Glaeser & Claudia Goldin Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, , pages 187-230, 2006.

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- Matthew Gentzkow & Edward L. Glaeser & Claudia Goldin, 2004. "The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered," NBER Working Papers 10791, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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