The market for motion pictures: Rank, revenue, and survival

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 783-797

  De Vany, Arthur S ^a   Walls, W David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0041047743     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1997.tb01964.x     Document Type: Article

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