Motion picture profit, the stable Paretian hypothesis, and the curse of the superstar

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1035-1057

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economics of contracts; Motion picture industry; Stable distribution; Stable Paretian hypothesis; Superstar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242551179     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(03)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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