Motion picture testing and research
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In: Army Air Force aviation psychology program
In: Research reports 7
In: The journal of economic history, Band 72, Heft 4, S. 1036-1063
ISSN: 1471-6372
Motion pictures constituted a revolutionary new technology that transformed entertainment—a rival, labor-intensive service—into a non-rival commodity. Combining growth accounting with a new output concept shows productivity growth in entertainment surpassed that in any manufacturing industry between 1900 and 1938. Productivity growth in personal services was not stagnant by definition, as current understanding has it, but instead was unparalleled in some cases. Motion pictures' contribution to aggregate GDP and TFP growth was much smaller than that of general purpose technologies steam, railways, and electricity, but not insignificant. An observer might have noted that "motion pictures are everywhere except in the productivity statistics.""So long as the number of persons who can be reached by a human voice is strictly limited, it is not very likely that any singer will make an advance on the £10,000 said to have been earned in a season by Mrs. Billington at the beginning of the last century, nearly as great as that which the business leaders of the present generation have made on the last."1Alfred Marshall
Die Arbeit ist mit den ökonomischen Auswirkungen von Regulierungen, die für die deutsche Filmwirtschaft relevant sind, befasst. Es werden die ökonomischen Effekte dreier Regulierungsfelder, die in der öffentlichen Debatte diskutiert werden, betrachtet. Diese sind: Das deutsche Filmförderungsgesetz (FFG), das Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG) und der Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (RStV). Im Zentrum der Analyse steht die Frage, wie die jeweiligen Regulierungen die ökonomische Effizienz beeinflussen. Darüber hinaus werden wesentliche institutionelle und marktliche Charakteristika der deutschen Filmwirtschaft betrachtet. Teile der Untersuchung sind in eine breit angelegte Regressionsanalyse über die Determinanten des Erfolges deutscher Kinofilme eingebettet. Die Arbeit zeigt, dass die betrachteten Regulierungen im Allgemeinen negative Auswirkungen auf die ökonomische Effizienz haben. ; This work deals with the economic impact of regulations on the German film industry, focusing in particular on the effects of three pieces of legislation central to Germany's public debate on film politics. The legislation considered is the Film Act (Filmförderungsgesetz - FFG), the amendments to the Copyright Law (Urheberrechtsgesetz - UrhG), and the Inter-State Agreement on Broadcasting (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag - RStV). The inquiry examines how these statutes affect economic efficiency. In addition, major market and institutional characteristics of the German motion picture industry are studied. The analysis is partly embedded in a broadly disposed regression analysis of the determinants of performance of German movies in the theatrical market. The work indicates that the regulations considered generally detract from economic efficiency.
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In: The American journal of sociology, Band 41, Heft 5, S. 692-694
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: George Mason Law Review, Band 23
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In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 254, Heft 1, S. 140-146
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 312
ISSN: 1537-5331
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 128, Heft 1, S. 54-57
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 128, Heft 1, S. 100-108
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 128, Heft 1, S. 34-45
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The Soviet review, Band 3, Heft 12, S. 3-34
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 254, Heft 1, S. 31-36
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: Social studies: a periodical for teachers and administrators, Band 30, Heft 5, S. 214-214
ISSN: 2152-405X
In: Social studies: a periodical for teachers and administrators, Band 30, Heft 4, S. 166-166
ISSN: 2152-405X