Models of superstardom: An application of the Lotka and Yule distributions

Popular Music and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-522

  Fox, Mark A ^a   Kochanowski, Paul ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

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EID: 33749161929     PISSN: 03007766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300776042000264694     Document Type: Article

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