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First Name: W.
Middle Name: D.
Last Name: Walls
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RePEc Short-ID: pwa195
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http://pareto.ucalgary.ca
Postal Address: Department of Economics University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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Working papers
- Michael Kendix & W. D. Walls, 2009.
"Oil Industry Consolidation and Refined Product Prices: Evidence from US Gasoline Terminals, 2000--2008,"
Working Papers
2009-17, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, revised 01 Jan 2009.
- W. D. Walls, 2009.
"Superstars and Heavy Tails in Pre-Recorded Entertainment: Empirical Analysis of the Market for DVDs,"
Working Papers
2009-20, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, revised 26 Oct 2009.
- W. D. Walls, 2009.
"The Market for Motion Pictures in Thailand: Rank, Revenue, and Survival at the Box Office,"
Working Papers
2009-15, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, revised 01 Sep 2009.
- W. D. Walls & P. J. Harvey, 2009.
"DVD Movie Piracy in Hong Kong: Autopsy of a Brick-and-Mortar Market,"
Working Papers
2009-19, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, revised 26 Oct 2009.
- W. D. Walls & Lasheng Yuan, 2009.
"Highway Subfranchising and Tolling Competition,"
Working Papers
2009-16, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, revised 04 Sep 2009.
- W. D. Walls, 2008.
"Screen Wars, Star Wars, and Sequels: Nonparametric Reanalysis of Movie Profitability,"
Working Papers
2008-28, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, revised 24 Jan 2008.
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- W David Walls, 2004.
"Modeling movie success when "nobody knows anything": Conditional stable distribution analysis of film returns,"
Econometric Society 2004 Far Eastern Meetings
409, Econometric Society.
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Published as: - De Vany, A. & Walls, W.D., 2000.
"Does Hollywood make too many R-Rated Movies? Risk, Stochastic Dominance, and the Illusion of Expectation,"
Papers
99-00-24, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences.
- De Vany, A. & Walls, W.D., 1999.
""Uncertainty in the Movies: Does Star Power Reduce the Terror of the Box Office?","
Papers
98-99-10, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences.
- De Vany, A.S. & Walls, W.D., 1997.
"Price Dynamics in a Network of Power Markets,"
Papers
97-98-14, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences.
- De Vany, A. & Walls, W.D., 1994.
"The Law of One Price in a Network: Arbitrage and Price Dynamics in Natural Gas City Gate Markets,"
Papers
93-94-17, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences.
- De vany, A. & Walls, W.D., 1994.
"Information, Adaptive Contracting, and Distributional Dynamics: Bose-Einstein Statistics and the Movies,"
Papers
94-95-1, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences.
- De vany, A. & Walls, W.D., 1992.
""When Barriers to Markets Fall: Pipeline Deregulation, Spot Markets, and the Topology of the Natural Gas Market","
Papers
90-92-28, California Irvine - School of Social Sciences.
Articles
- W. D. Walls, 2009.
"Robust Analysis of Movie Earnings,"
Journal of Media Economics,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 22(1), pages 20-35.
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- W. Walls, 2009.
"Screen wars, star wars, and sequels,"
Empirical Economics,
Springer, vol. 37(2), pages 447-461, October.
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- W. D. Walls, 2008.
"Cross-country analysis of movie piracy,"
Applied Economics,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 40(5), pages 625-632.
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- Frank Rusco & W. David Walls, 2008.
"Per-unit bidding rules and buyer under-performance in natural resource sales,"
Applied Economics Letters,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 15(2), pages 79-83.
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- W. David Walls & Frank W. Rusco, 2007.
"Price Effects of Boutique Motor Fuels: Federal Environmental Standards, Regional Fuel Choices, and Local Gasoline Prices,"
The Energy Journal,
International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 28(3), pages 145-164.
- Arthur Vany & W. Walls, 2007.
"Estimating the Effects of Movie Piracy on Box-office Revenue,"
Review of Industrial Organization,
Springer, vol. 30(4), pages 291-301, June.
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- W. Walls, 2005.
"Modeling Movie Success When ‘Nobody Knows Anything’: Conditional Stable-Distribution Analysis Of Film Returns,"
Journal of Cultural Economics,
Springer, vol. 29(3), pages 177-190, August.
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Other versions: - W. D. Walls, 2005.
"Modelling heavy tails and skewness in film returns,"
Applied Financial Economics,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 15(17), pages 1181-1188, November.
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- W. D. Walls, 2005.
"Demand stochastics, supply adaptation, and the distribution of film earnings,"
Applied Economics Letters,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 12(10), pages 619-623, August.
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- De Vany, Arthur S. & Walls, W. David, 2004.
"Motion picture profit, the stable Paretian hypothesis, and the curse of the superstar,"
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,
Elsevier, vol. 28(6), pages 1035-1057, March.
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- W. Walls, 2003.
"John Sedgwick: 2001, Popular Filmgoing in 1930s Britain: A Choice of Pleasures,"
Journal of Cultural Economics,
Springer, vol. 27(3), pages 298-301, November.
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- Patrick J. Harvey & W. David Walls, 2003.
"Laboratory markets in counterfeit goods: Hong Kong versus Las Vegas,"
Applied Economics Letters,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 10(14), pages 883-887, November.
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- W. David Walls & Kelly Busche, 2003.
"Broken odds and the favourite-longshot bias in parimutuel betting: a direct test,"
Applied Economics Letters,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 10(5), pages 311-314, April.
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- Charles W. Bausell Jr. & Frank W. Rusco & W. David Walls, 2001.
"Lifting the Alaskan Oil Export Ban: An Intervention Analysis,"
The Energy Journal,
International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 22(4), pages 81-94.
- Busche, Kelly & Walls, W David, 2001.
"Breakage and Betting Market Efficiency: Evidence from the Horse Track,"
Applied Economics Letters,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 8(9), pages 601-04, September.
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- Rusco, Frank W. & Walls, W. David, 2001.
"Red bus, green bus: Market organization, driver incentives, safety, and sorting,"
Research in Transportation Economics,
Elsevier, vol. 6(1), pages 121-142, January.
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- De Vany, Arthur S. & Walls, W. David, 1999.
"Cointegration analysis of spot electricity prices: insights on transmission efficiency in the western US,"
Energy Economics,
Elsevier, vol. 21(5), pages 435-448, October.
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- Walls, W David, 1999.
"Volatility, Volume and Maturity in Electricity Futures,"
Applied Financial Economics,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 9(3), pages 283-87, June.
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- De Vany, Arthur S & Walls, W David, 1999.
"Price Dynamics in a Network of Decentralized Power Markets,"
Journal of Regulatory Economics,
Springer, vol. 15(2), pages 123-40, March.
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- Arthur De Vany & W. Walls, 1999.
"Uncertainty in the Movie Industry: Does Star Power Reduce the Terror of the Box Office?,"
Journal of Cultural Economics,
Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 285-318, November.
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- Walls, W David, 1998.
"Product Survival at the Cinema: Evidence from Hong Kong,"
Applied Economics Letters,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 5(4), pages 215-19, April.
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- De Vany, Arthur S & Walls, W David, 1997.
"The Market for Motion Pictures: Rank, Revenue, and Survival,"
Economic Inquiry,
Oxford University Press, vol. 35(4), pages 783-97, October.
- Walls, W David, 1997.
"Increasing Returns to Information: Evidence from the Hong Kong Movie Market,"
Applied Economics Letters,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 4(5), pages 287-90, May.
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- De Vany, Arthur & Walls, W David, 1996.
"Bose-Einstein Dynamics and Adaptive Contracting in the Motion Picture Industry,"
Economic Journal,
Royal Economic Society, vol. 106(439), pages 1493-1514, November.
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- Walls, W David & Busche, Kelly, 1996.
"Betting Volume and Market Efficiency in Hong Kong Race Track Betting,"
Applied Economics Letters,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 3(12), pages 783-87, December.
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- Gensler, Howard J & Walls, W David, 1995.
"Labour-Supply Impacts of Effective Welfare Programme Parameters: A Reanalysis,"
Applied Economics,
Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 27(5), pages 461-67, May.
- Frank W. Rusco & W. David Walls, 1995.
"Vehicular Emissions And Control Policies In Hong Kong,"
Contemporary Economic Policy,
Western Economic Association International, vol. 13(1), pages 50-61, 01.
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- W. David Walls, 1995.
"An Econometric Analysis of the Market for Natural Gas Futures,"
The Energy Journal,
International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 16(1), pages 71-84.
- Arthur De Vany & W. David Walls, 1994.
"Open Access And The Emergence Of A Competitive Natural Gas Market,"
Contemporary Economic Policy,
Western Economic Association International, vol. 12(2), pages 77-96, 04.
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- W. David Walls, 1994.
"Price Convergence Across Natural Gas Fields and City Markets,"
The Energy Journal,
International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 15(4), pages 37-48.
- De Vany, Arthur & David Walls, W., 1994.
"Natural gas industry transformation, competitive institutions and the role of regulation : Lessons from open access in US natural gas markets,"
Energy Policy,
Elsevier, vol. 22(9), pages 755-763, September.
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- Arthur De Vany & W. David Walls, 1993.
"Pipeline Access and Market Integration in the Natural Gas Industry: Evidence from Cointegration Tests,"
The Energy Journal,
International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 14(4), pages 1-20.
NEP Fields
2 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
- NEP-CUL: Cultural Economics (1) 2008-07-20 Author is listed
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