LEADER 03216nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910808352103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-38237-5 010 $a1-134-38238-3 010 $a0-429-23318-3 010 $a0-203-48997-7 010 $a1-280-23681-7 010 $a9786610236817 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203489970 035 $a(CKB)1000000000445119 035 $a(EBL)182573 035 $a(OCoLC)252733791 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000172573 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180115 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172573 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150749 035 $a(PQKB)11524684 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182573 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182573 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10101167 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL23681 035 $a(OCoLC)1000437778 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000445119 100 $a20030512d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHollywood economics $ehow extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry /$fArthur De Vany 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary political economy series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-31261-2 311 $a0-415-31260-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [298]-304) and index. 327 $aThe 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"? 330 $aMovies expected to perform well can flop, whilst independent movies with low budgets can be wildly successful. In this superb new book, De Vany casts his expert eye over all aspects of the business and presents some intriguing conclusions. 410 0$aContemporary political economy series. 606 $aMotion picture industry$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xEconomic aspects 676 $a384/.83/0973 700 $aDe Vany$b Arthur S$01185289 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808352103321 996 $aHollywood economics$94053707 997 $aUNINA