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Men Under Pressure : Representations of the 'Salaryman' and His Organization in Japanese Manga
Matanle, Peter - 2012
In this paper we analyse representations of the Japanese salaryman and Japanese organization in Japanese manga, or graphic novels, during the turbulent decades from the mid-1980s to the present day. We argue that manga presents salarymen protagonists in a sympathetic yet not uncritical light,...
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Chapter 2. Creative Genius in Literature, Music, and the Visual Arts
Keith Simonton, Dean - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 2, (pp. 15-48). 2014
This chapter examines creative genius in the three most prominent domains of artistic achievement: literature, music …
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Indirect network effects with two Salop circles: the example of the music industry
Dewenter, Ralf; Haucap, Justus; Wenzel, Tobias - 2009
This paper analyses the interdependency between the market for music recordings and concert tickets, assuming that there are positive indirect network effects both from the record market to ticket sales for live performances and vice versa. Using a model with two interrelated Salop circles we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894812
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The efficiency of German public theaters : a stochastic frontier analysis approach
Last, Anne-Kathrin; Wetzel, Heike - 2009
In recent years the economic performance of public non-profit sectors such as cultural services has become an interesting economic issue. This is due to the high dependence of cultural institutions on public funding on the one hand and the increasing cost-pressure on public budgets on the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872556
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Effects of Oscar awards on movie production
Agnani, Betty; Aray, Henry - 2016
This article tests the effects of Oscar awards on the production of feature films. Time series data for Spain over the … 1953-2014 period are used and a production function is estimated assuming that the Oscar effects accrue through the total … movie production and that some of them have caused structural breaks, while others have vanishing effects over time. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430947
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Fair oder Foul? : Punktevergabe und Platzierung beim Eurovision Song Contest
Millner, Ralf; Stoetzer, Matthias-Wolfgang; Fritze, … - 2015 - [Online-Ausg.]
the literature reveals that a lot of empirical studies identify voting blocs, but these voting blocs are almost always …
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On file sharing with indirect Network effects between concert ticket sales and music recordings
Dewenter, Ralf; Haucap, Justus; Wenzel, Tobias - 2011
This paper analyses the interdependency between the market for music recordings and concert tickets, assuming that there are positive indirect network effects both from the record market to ticket sales for live performances and vice versa. In a model with two interrelated Hotelling lines prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232392
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Indirect network effects with two Salop circles: the example of the music industry
Dewenter, Ralf; Haucap, Justus; Wenzel, Tobias - 2009
This paper analyses the interdependency between the market for music recordings and concert tickets, assuming that there are positive indirect network effects both from the record market to ticket sales for live performances and vice versa. Using a model with two interrelated Salop circles we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003843979
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Abstimmungsverhalten im Bundesvision Song Contest: regionale Nähe versus Qualität der Musik
Pannicke, Julia - 2015
Die Analyse des jährlich stattfindenden Bundesvision Song Contest als inner-deutscher Musikwettbewerb ist nicht nur aus musikalischer, sondern auch aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht lohnend. Mittels empirischer Analyse der vergebenen Punkte liefert der vorliegende Beitrag eine Untersuchung des...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011492052
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Do preferences for pop music converge across countries? : empirical evidence from the Eurovision Song Contest
Budzinski, Oliver; Pannicke, Julia - 2016
The combination of the digitalization of cultural goods and facilitated cross-border availability through the internet fuels a globalization process that is often said to cause a homogenization of demand across countries, in particular, for entertainment goods as music and movies. In the markets...
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