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TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors determining UK album success
AU - Elliott, Caroline
AU - Simmons, Robert
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This article uses a recently compiled dataset on the UK album sales to determine which factors contribute to best-selling album sales success. We control for factors including length of time since release, nationality of artist, artist type and album type, testing the increasing returns to information hypothesis. Information on general public online review scores for the albums in the dataset allows for a strong test of the accuracy of online reviews in predicting music sales, as online reviews are a relatively recent phenomenon, while the release of many of the albums predates the widespread use of Internet.
AB - This article uses a recently compiled dataset on the UK album sales to determine which factors contribute to best-selling album sales success. We control for factors including length of time since release, nationality of artist, artist type and album type, testing the increasing returns to information hypothesis. Information on general public online review scores for the albums in the dataset allows for a strong test of the accuracy of online reviews in predicting music sales, as online reviews are a relatively recent phenomenon, while the release of many of the albums predates the widespread use of Internet.
U2 - 10.1080/00036846.2010.498349
DO - 10.1080/00036846.2010.498349
M3 - Journal article
VL - 43
SP - 4699
EP - 4706
JO - Applied Economics
JF - Applied Economics
SN - 0003-6846
IS - 30
ER -