The Market Information System and Personalized Exchange: Business Practices in the Market for Television Audiences

This study explores the economics of buying and selling audiences in the television advertising market by examining selected characteristics of the market information system. Neoclassical economic theory often assumes an anonymous marketplace in which information is perfect and readily available to...

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Published in:Journal of media economics 1998-01, Vol.11 (4), p.17-34
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