Censorship of U.S. movies in China

Xuhao(Harry) Pan (), Tim Groseclose () and Tyler Cowen ()
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Xuhao(Harry) Pan: George Mason University
Tim Groseclose: George Mason University
Tyler Cowen: George Mason University

Journal of Cultural Economics, 2025, vol. 49, issue 1, No 6, 163-192

Abstract: Abstract We introduce a structural econometric model to estimate the extent to which the Chinese government bans U.S. movies. According to our estimates, if a movie has characteristics similar to the median movie in our sample, then the probability is approximately 0.91 that the Chinese government will ban it. During our sample period, 1994–2019, U.S. movies comprised about 28 percent of the Chinese market and sales were about $22.6 billion. However, according to our estimates, if the Chinese government had not banned any U.S. movies, then the latter numbers would have risen to 68 percent and $45.1 billion.

Keywords: Censorship; China; Movies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 F52 L81 L88 P26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/s10824-023-09498-3

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