Cinematic Success, Aesthetics, and Economics: An Exploratory Recursive Model

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 128-138

  Simonton, Dean Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

awards; cinema; creativity; critics; economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549160017     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014521     Document Type: Article

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