Movie stars and the distribution of financially successful films in the motion picture industry

被引：92

作者：

Albert S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Open University, Business School, Wallon Hall, Milton Keynes

来源：

Journal of Cultural Economics | 1998年 / 22卷 / 4期

关键词：

Consumer choice; film; Hollywood; Movie stars; Star-power;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1007511817441

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

Audiences choose to see films using information from previous films. A stochastic consumer choice process b"ased on this assumption generates a particular distribution of financially successful films among film types. Movie stars can be used to mark these successful film types. Thus, their star power originates not only from "box-office appeal" but also from "marking power". Evidence of 960 top 20 films released in the United States and Canada between 1940-1955 and 1960-1995 is consistent with this model. © 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

引用

页码：249 / 270

页数：21

共 35 条

[1]

Austin B., Immediate Seating: A Look at Movie Audiences, (1989)

[2]

Adler M., Stardom and Talent, The American Economic Review, 75, 1, pp. 208-212, (1985)

[3]

Bernstein I., Hollywood at the Cross-roads: An Economic Study of the Motion Picture Industry, (1957)

[4]

Bordwell D., Staigler J., Thompson K., The Classical Hollywood Cinema, (1985)

[5]

Brock W.A., Scaling Laws for Economists, Working Paper, (1993)

[6]

Brown C., City of Fear, Screen International, 1018, pp. 8-10, (1995)

[7]

Cassidy J., Chaos in Hollywood, The New Yorker, 73, 6, pp. 36-44, (1997)

[8]

Charity T., Dead Cert, Time out, (1996)

[9]

Chung K., Cox R., A Stochastic Model of Superstardom: An application of the Yule Distribution, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 76, 4, pp. 771-775, (1994)

[10]

1994-1995 Statistical Yearbook: Cinema Television Video and New Media in Europe, (1994)

← 1 2 3 4 →