Does Vertical Integration Decrease Prices? Evidence from Paramount Antitrust Case of 1948

Gil, Ricard

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1960171

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“…The first studio to sign a decree was RKO in 1948, followed by Paramount in 1949, Fox and Warner Bros. in 1951, and finally MGM in 1952. The actual spinoff between the parent studios and their theater branches came shortly after: Paramount in 1949, RKO in 1950, Fox and Warner Bros. in 1953, and MGM in 1954 (Gil 2014; Block and Wilson 2010, p. 251).…”

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“… 7 United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. et al , 334 U.S. 131 (1948). For further analyses of the economic effects of the Paramount case, see Conant (1960); DeVany and Eckert (1991); and Gil (2010, 2014). …”

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“… 11 Not shown here, we have investigated whether theaters charged higher prices with the same data as in Gil (2014). We find no statistical difference between ticket prices of movies filmed in color and black-and-white. …”

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