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Movie Stars and the Distribution of Financially Successful Films in the Motion Picture Industry

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Albert, S. Movie Stars and the Distribution of Financially Successful Films in the Motion Picture Industry. Journal of Cultural Economics 23, 325–329 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007584017128

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