How Critical are Critical Reviews? The Box Office Effects of Film Critics, Star Power, and Budgets

Journal of Marketing

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 103-117

  Basuroy, Suman ^a   Chatterjee, Subimal ^b   Abraham Ravid, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0242350296     PISSN: 00222429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jmkg.67.4.103.18692     Document Type: Article

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