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- Basuroy, Suman, et al.
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Is everybody an expert? An investigation into the impact of professional versus user reviews on movie revenues
- 2020
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In: Journal of Cultural Economics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0885-2545 .- 1573-6997. ; 44:1, s. 57-96
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study is the first attempt to examine the effect of electronic word of mouth (user reviews) relative to expert reviews on moviegoing decisions. For the first time, we use time-varying data on expert reviews. We find that expert ratings matter much more for moviegoing decisions than user ratings and volume. Our data also show that experts tend to be more critical but more consistent in their reviews than users. We find that experts, but not eWOM, affect wide release moviegoing, contrary to industry thinking. Finally, we show that experts’ reviews matter most when consumers and critics are in closer agreement about the quality of the film. The study uses OLS as well as instrumental variables analysis to account for possible endogeneity.
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- Rao, Vithala R., et al.
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The impact of advertising content on movie revenues
- 2017
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In: Marketing Letters. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0923-0645 .- 1573-059X. ; 28:3, s. 341-355
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We analyze the contents of print ads in the motion picture industry (e.g., number of reviews quoted in the ad, the presence of a top reviewer, size of the ad, star, director, etc.). We find that external validation (a recommendation by a top reviewer) is more important to revenues than the informative content of the ad.
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