The decline and fall of the European film industry: Sunk costs, market size, and market structure, 1890-1927

Economic History Review

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 310-351

  Bakker, Gerben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18744387981     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00306.x     Document Type: Review

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