TY - BOOK ID - 1553016 TI - A concise handbook of movie industry economics PY - 2005 SN - 0521843847 9780521843843 9780511614422 0511111525 9780511111525 0511111193 9780511111198 051161442X 9780511197710 0511197713 9786610415977 6610415978 1107140684 9781107140684 1280415975 9781280415975 0511181175 9780511181177 0511298897 9780511298899 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Industrial economics KW - film KW - filmindustrie KW - Film KW - marketing KW - Motion picture industry KW - Film industry (Motion pictures) KW - Moving-picture industry KW - Cultural industries KW - Economic aspects KW - Business, Economy and Management KW - Economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1553016 AB - This short handbook collects essays on all aspects of the motion picture industry by leading authorities in political economy, economics, accounting, finance, and marketing. In addition to offering the reader a perspective on what is known and what has been accomplished, it includes both new findings on a variety of topics and directions for additional research. Topics include estimation of theatrical and ancillary demand, profitability studies, the resolution of evident paradoxes in studio executive behavior, the interaction of the industry and government, the impacts of the most recent changes in accounting standards, and the role and importance of participation contracts. New results include findings on the true nature of the seasonality of theatrical demand, the predictive power of surveys based upon trailers, the impact of the Academy Awards, the effectiveness of prior history measures to gauge cast members and directors, and the substitutability of movies across different genres. ER -