The distribution and predictability of cinema admissions

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-64

  Hand, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ARIMA; Cinema admissions; Forecasting; Heavy tailed distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 9744255655     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013389211323     Document Type: Article

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