The Welfare Effects of Vertical Integration in Multichannel Television Markets

We investigate the welfare effects of vertical integration of regional sports networks (RSNs) with programming distributors in U.S. multichannel television markets. Vertical integration can enhance efficiency by reducing double marginalization and increasing carriage of channels, but can also harm w...

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Main Authors: Crawford, Gregory S. (Author), Lee, Robin S. (Author), Yurukoglu, Ali (Author), Whinston, Michael Dennis (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor), Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Econometric Society, 2019-03-15T18:30:40Z.
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