Cultural discount of cinematic achievement: The academy awards and U.S. movies' East Asian box office

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-263

  Lee, Francis L F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Box office performance; Cultural discount; East Asia; Hollywood; The Academy Awards

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649109038     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10824-009-9101-7     Document Type: Article

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