Superstardom and monopolistic power: Why media stars earn more than their marginal contribution to welfare

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 546-571

  Borghans, Lex ^a   Groot, Loek ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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