Product differentiation and film-programming choice: Do first-run movie theatres show the same films?

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-145

  Chisholm, Darlene C ^a   McMillan, Margaret S ^b   Norman, George ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motion pictures industry studies; Product differentiation; Similarity index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951977453     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10824-010-9118-y     Document Type: Article

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