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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Do media consumers really dislike advertising? An empirical assessment of the role of advertising in print media markets
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Ulrich Kaiser
  • M Song
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title International Journal of Industrial Organization
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0167-7187
Volume 27
Number 2
Page Range 292 - 301
Date 2009
Abstract Text This paper uses data on German consumer magazines observed between 1992 and 2004 to analyze the extent to which consumers (dis-)like advertising. We estimate logit demand models separately for the six most important magazine segments in terms of circulation. We find little evidence for readers disliking advertising. On the contrary, we show that readers in many magazine segments appreciate advertising. Readers of Women's magazines, Business and politics magazines as well as Car magazines — market segments where advertisements are relatively more informative — appreciate advertising while advertising is nuisance to readers of Adult magazines, a segment where advertisements are particularly uninformative. Demand for interior design magazines is not well identified. Our logit demand estimates are confirmed by logit demand models with random coefficients and by magazine-specific monopoly demand models.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.09.003
Other Identification Number merlin-id:883
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