Essays in the political economy of information

dc.contributor.advisor	Nunn, Nathan
dc.contributor.author	Cage, Julia
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	https://thuvienso.hoasen.edu.vn/handle/123456789/7223
dc.description	xvi, 356 p. : ill.
dc.description.abstract	The primary focus of this dissertation is on information, its production and dissemination in society. In the first chapter, I explore the consequences of an increase in the number of newspapers on the quantity and quality of news provided and, ultimately, changes in political participation, using a new panel of local newspaper presence and political turnout in France from 1945 to 2012. My results shed new light on the role played by consumers' heterogeneity and increasing returns to scale in news production, and have implications for the study of the relationship between media competition and political participation.
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	[Harvard University]
dc.source.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274298
dc.subject	Economics
dc.subject.other	Economic development
dc.subject.other	Historical persistence
dc.subject.other	Media competition
dc.subject.other	Political participation
dc.subject.other	Newspaper's content
dc.title	Essays in the political economy of information
dc.type	Dissertation