Searching for the picture: Forecasting UK cinema admissions using Google trends data

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1051-1055

  Hand, Chris ^a   Judge, Guy ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cinema admissions; Forecasting JEL Classification: C22; Internet search engine; L82

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; NUMERICAL MODEL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053469988     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.613744     Document Type: Article

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