Stardom and the profitability of film making: Warner Bros. in the 1930s

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 157-184

  Pokorny, Michael ^a   Sedgwick, John ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Film industry; Portfolio theory; Risk; Stardom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001841702     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010964032248     Document Type: Review

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