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The Performance of German Motion Pictures, Profits and Subsidies: Some Empirical Evidence

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Christian Jansen

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This paper pursues three objectives. First, it seeks to identify the determinants of performance of German motion pictures in terms of cinema admissions and producers’ rates of return. Second, against the background of heavy subsidization of the German film industry, it discusses two types of subsidy allocation: committee principle allocation and reference principle allocation. Third, the profitability of the industry is considered as the presumed economic non-viability of the industry constantly recurs in the public debate as an argument for subsidies. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2005

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Journal of Cultural Economics.

Volume (Year): 29 (2005)
Issue (Month): 3 (August)
Pages: 191-212
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Keywords: German movies; motion picture; industry; subsidies;

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  1. Morris Holbrook & Michela Addis, 2008. "Art versus commerce in the movie industry: a Two-Path Model of Motion-Picture Success," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer, vol. 32(2), pages 87-107, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Pablo Brañas-Garza & María Paz Espinosa, 2008. "Unraveling Public Good Games," ThE Papers 08/01, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada.. [Downloadable!]
  3. Betty Agnani & Henry Aray, 2008. "Subsidies and Awards in Movie Production," ThE Papers 08/16, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada.. [Downloadable!]
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