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    "pk": 60209,
    "title": "Introducing Price Competition at the Box Office",
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    "abstract": "Why is it that movie ticket prices do not vary between films that\n \ncost vastly different amounts to make? It is because the current model\n \nfor the production, distribution, and theatrical exhibition of feature\n \nfilms is deeply flawed. Despite long-awaited federal action designed to\n \ncurb anticompetitive behavior, film distributors have continued to exert\n \ninappropriate control over pricing at the box office. The result is an\n \ninsufficiently competitive-and hence inefficient-market for theatrical\n \nexhibition. Previous scholarship has discussed some of the root causes\n \nof this behavior and has called for ticket price differentiation based\n \nupon the context of a screening (such as the time of day, the day of the\n \nweek, the season, or the seating). Some scholars have also suggested\n \npricing based on film genre. Unfortunately, these proposed solutions\n \nfall short of the mark, and there has been a glaring absence of discussion\n \nor scholarship about the market problems resulting from a lack of\n \nprice differentiation between individualfilms. This article analyzes anticompetitive\n \nbehavior in film exhibition, focuses on the resulting market\n \ninefficiencies that ultimately harm the consumer, and calls for a\n \npricing system primarily influenced byfilm-specific costs.",
    "language": "en",
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        {
            "first_name": "Harrison",
            "middle_name": "J.",
            "last_name": "Reynolds",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "",
            "department": ""
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    "date_submitted": "2015-04-25T16:10:58Z",
    "date_accepted": "2015-04-25T16:10:58Z",
    "date_published": "2013-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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