Television Market Size and Political Accountability in the US House of Representatives
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- Balles, Patrick & Matter, Ulrich & Stutzer, Alois, 2023. "Television market size and political accountability in the U.S. House of Representatives," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
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Keywords
political accountability; market congruence; media coverage; TV markets; legislative voting; US Congress; voter knowledge; campaign finance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2022-06-13 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-POL-2022-06-13 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-URE-2022-06-13 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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