For Oscar Glory or for Oscar Money? : Academy Awards and Movie Success

Auteur(s)

Eva Deuchert

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Descrizione

This paper investigates the effect of Oscar nominations and awards on movies' financial success by estimating the impact on weekly returns and on movies' survival time. Our findings suggest that nominations for Oscars generate substantial extra revenues, while winning an award contributes only little to this extra rent.

Sujets

Sciences economiques > Recherche économique

Institution partenaire

Université de St-Gall - Schools of Management

Langue

English

Data

2005