Do Movie Majors Really Collude? Indirect Evidence from Release Schedules

IF 0.7 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Hacienda Publica Espanola-Review of Public Economics Pub Date : 2017-06-01 DOI:10.7866/HPE-RPE.17.2.1

Fernanda Gutiérez-Navratil, Víctor Fernández-Blanco, Luis Orea-Sánchez, J. Prieto-Rodriguez

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Abstract

Major Hollywood films studios and their affiliated local distributors have a dominant market share in the main international movie markets, but their competitive behavior has come under suspicion. In 2006, the Spanish Competition Court fined these Majors for anticompetitive practices. Our aim is to evaluate the presence (or absence) of collusive behavior among Majors during the 2002-2009 period. Because the release date is a critical variable of competition, we test whether Majors are coordinating their release schedules. Our results suggest that Majors achieve a larger degree of coordination in their release schedules than other distributors.

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电影专业的学生真的在串通吗?来自发布时间表的间接证据

好莱坞主要电影制片厂及其附属的本地发行商在主要的国际电影市场上占有主导市场份额，但他们的竞争行为受到了怀疑。2006年，西班牙竞争法庭以反竞争行为对这些大满贯赛事处以罚款。我们的目的是评估2002-2009年期间各大高校之间是否存在串通行为。因为发布日期是竞争的一个关键变量，我们测试Majors是否在协调他们的发布时间表。我们的研究结果表明，与其他分销商相比，Majors在发布时间表上实现了更大程度的协调。

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Hacienda Publica Espanola-Review of Public Economics Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance

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0.90

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14.30%

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