Hollywood economics: How extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry

Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-308

  De Vany, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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