Chapter 25 Stardom and Talent

Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 895-906

  Adler, Moshe ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

stardom; superstars; talent

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049084268     PISSN: 15740676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0676(06)01025-8     Document Type: Review

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