Department of Economics
January 19, 2016

Competition and Ideological Diversity in News Media

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The website Microeconomic Insights discusses Professor Jesse Shapiro’s paper with Matthew Gentzkow and Michael Skinson, Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers, which was published in the American Economic Review in 2014.

The article highlights how competition may be valued not only because it delivers more product to customers at a low prices, but also because it protects openness in the marketplace of political ideas. Read more..