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Using survey data on movie consumption by about 500 University of Pennsylvania undergraduate students, we ask whether unpaid consumption of movies displaces paid consumption. A variety of cross-sectional and longitudinal empirical approaches show large and statistically significant evidence of displacement. In the most appropriate empirical specification, we find that unpaid first consumption reduces paid consumption by about 1 unit. Unpaid second consumption has a smaller effect, about 0.20 units. Our analysis indicates that unpaid consumption, which makes up 5.2 per cent of movie viewing in our sample, reduced paid consumption in our sample by 3.5 per cent. Copyright 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd..
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2007
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Authors: | ROB, RAFAEL ; WALDFOGEL, JOEL |
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Journal of Industrial Economics. - Wiley Blackwell. - Vol. 55.2007, 3, p. 379-395
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Wiley Blackwell |
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