The impact of film reviews on the box office performance of art house versus mainstream motion pictures

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-63

  Gemser, Gerda ^a   Van Oostrum, Martine ^a   Leenders, Mark A A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dutch art house movies; Dutch mainstream movies; Film critics; Film performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846945394     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10824-006-9025-4     Document Type: Review

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