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UNINA9910799950303321 |
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Autore |
De Vany Arthur S. |
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Hollywood economics : how extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry / / Arthur De Vany |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-38237-5 |
1-134-38238-3 |
0-429-23318-3 |
0-203-48997-7 |
1-280-23681-7 |
9786610236817 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary political economy series |
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Soggetti |
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Motion picture industry - Economic aspects - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-304) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The market for motion pictures : rank, revenue and survival -- Bose-Einstein dynamics and adaptive contracting in the motion picture industry -- Quality evaluations and the breakdown of statistical herding in the dynamics of box-office revenue -- Uncertainty in the movie industry : can star power reduce the terror of the box office? -- Does Hollywood make too many R-rated movies? : risk, stochastic dominance and the illusion of expectation -- Big budgets, big openings and legs : analysis of the blockbuster strategy -- Motion picture antitrust : the Paramount cases revisited -- Was antitrust action that broke up the movie studios good for the movies? : evidence from the stock market -- Stochastic market structure : concentration measures and motion picture antitrust -- Motion picture profit, the stable Paretian hypothesis and the curse of the superstar -- Contracting with stars when "nobody knows anything" -- How extreme uncertainty shapes the movie business -- Epilogue : can you manage a business when "nobody knows anything"? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Movies expected to perform well can flop, whilst independent movies with low budgets can be wildly successful. In this superb new book, |
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