The antecedents and consequences of restrictive age-based ratings in the global motion picture industry

International Journal of Research in Marketing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 367-377

  Leenders, Mark A A M ^a   Eliashberg, Jehoshua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age restriction; International motion picture success; Regulatory systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255187830     PISSN: 01678116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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