Spatial competition and market share: an application to motion pictures

Darlene Chisholm () and George Norman ()

Journal of Cultural Economics, 2012, vol. 36, issue 3, 207-225

Abstract: This paper presents an empirical assessment of movie-theatre attendance in two major metropolitan markets and provides strong support for the importance of spatial characteristics in determining attendance. We consider the hypothesis that attendance at a particular movie theatre reflects a tension between two effects: a negative competition effect and a positive agglomeration effect. We find evidence that the competition effect dominates. Further, we identify a pattern of systematic spatial decay in the impact of this effect on demand. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012

Keywords: Spatial competition; Competition effect; Location choice; Motion-pictures industry studies; L11; D43; L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s10824-012-9168-4

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