Broadway productions and the value of a Tony Award

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-68

  Boyle, Melissa ^a   Chiou, Lesley ^b  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadway; Discrete choice; Theater; Tony Awards

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349321530     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10824-009-9092-4     Document Type: Article

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