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Conquering the Box Office: Factors Influencing Success of International Movies in Russia

  • ️Daria Astakhova
  • ️Sat Dec 01 2018

Acknowledgement

We thank Victoriia Noskova as well as the participants of the 50th Hohenheimer Oberseminar (April 2018) for very helpful comments and discussion.

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