Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability

Timothy Besley () and Andrea Prat

STICERD - Political Economy and Public Policy Paper Series from Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE

Abstract: It has long been recognized that the media play an essential role in governmentaccountability. However, even in the absence of censorship, the government mayinfluence news content by maintaining a "cozy" relationship with the media. Thispaper develops a model of democratic politics in which media capture is endogenous.The model offers insights into the features of the media market that determine theability of the government to exercise such capture and hence to influence politicaloutcomes

Date: 2005-08
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Working Paper: Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability (2002)
Journal Article: Handcuffs for the Grabbing Hand? Media Capture and Government Accountability (2006)
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