Rational Ignorance and Negative News in the Information Market
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Keywords
Media; bias; rational ignorance; negative news coverage;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2007-10-20 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-CUL-2007-10-20 (Cultural Economics)
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