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Does Foreign Media Entry Tempers Government Media Bias?

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  • Hon Foong Cheah

    (Chongqing Technology and Business University)

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Using a two period agency model similar to Morris (2001), I analyze the change in government media bias when individual public has access to an imperfectly informed news outlet. I found that while greater information availability reduces the government's benefit from lying -- as more information limits government's ability to influence. It also lower its cost -- as it limits future ability to influence reducing the government's incentive to build reputation. Both effects counteract one another, reducing the decrease in government media bias.

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  • Hon Foong Cheah, 2014. "Does Foreign Media Entry Tempers Government Media Bias?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 34(1), pages 530-540.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-13-00734
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    Government control of media; media bias; independent media;
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    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

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