Are Local TV Markets Separate Markets?

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Robert B. Ekelund

Auburn University - Department of Economics

George S. Ford

Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies

John D. Jackson

Auburn University - Department of Economics

Date Written: 2000

Abstract

We examine, using own-price and cross-price elasticity demand estimates, the question of whether local TV markets constitute a separate market for advertising.

Keywords: TV, Television, Antitrust, Market Definition, FCC, Broadcasting

JEL Classification: L5

Suggested Citation

Ekelund, Robert B. and Ford, George S. and Jackson, John Douglas, Are Local TV Markets Separate Markets? (2000). International Journal of the Economics of Business, Vol. 7, No. 1, p. 79, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1674553

Robert B. Ekelund

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John Douglas Jackson

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