Hollywood economics how extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry / Arthur De Vany.
| Author/creator | De Vany, Arthur |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, |
| Description | xvii, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary political economy series |
| Partial contents | 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"? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-304) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2003046987 |
| ISBN | 0415312604 |
| ISBN | 0415312612 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |