Demand Distribution Dynamics in Creative Industries: the Market for Books in Italy

We studied the distribution dynamics of the demand for books in Italy. We found that for each of the three broad sub-markets into which the book publishing industry can be classified - Italian novels, foreign novels and non-fiction - sales over a three-year sample can be adequately fitted by a power law distribution. Our results can be plausibly interpreted in terms of a model of interactions among buyers exchanging information on the books they buy.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Gaffeo, Edoardo ; Scorci, Antonello E. ; Vici, Laura
Institutions:	Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Trento
Subject:	Book publishing industry \| Information transmission \| Power law distribution

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Department of Economics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 0804
Classification:	L82 - Entertainment; Media (Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Broadcasting, Publishing, etc.) ; Z1 - Cultural Economics
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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