Spacial Predation in the UK Newspaper Industry

Behringer, Stefan (2007): Spacial Predation in the UK Newspaper Industry.

Abstract

This paper investigates the alleged predatory behaviour in the UK quality newspaper industry in the 1990s using a horizontal differentiation model and industry data.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Institution: Goethe Universität Frankfurt
• Language: English
• Keywords: Two-Sided Markets; Predation; Newspapers
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L12 - Monopoly ; Monopolization Strategies; L - Industrial Organization > L4 - Antitrust Issues and Policies > L41 - Monopolization ; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices; D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design > D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection

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