Plausibly Exogenous [819] - American Consumerism (04/16/2022)
LHS Variable
American consumer behavior
RHS Variable
Mass commercial television
Source of Exogenous Variation
Comparison of growth in retail sales between areas with and without local TV service over the unanticipated Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Freeze, which halted the licensing of new TV stations from 1948–52
- Kim (2022), “Television and American consumerism”