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What Advertisers Want: A Hedonic Analysis of Advertising Rates in South African Consumer Magazines

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This article explores the role of circulation, readership and reader demographics in the determination of advertising rates in South African consumer magazines. The study uses panel data collected between 2000 and 2003 to quantify the relationships by assigning implicit prices to various magazine characteristics. Furthermore, a synopsis of the structure of the magazine industry in […]

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  • Nicolas Pietersma, 2006. "What Advertisers Want: A Hedonic Analysis of Advertising Rates in South African Consumer Magazines," Working Papers 041, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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