The Lure of the Multiplex? The Interplay of Time, Distance, and Cinema Attendance

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4138686
AutoresAlan Collins (0000-0001-9805-9091, University of Portsmouth, autor de correspondencia), Chris Hand (0000-0002-4472-6618, Kingston University, autor de correspondencia), Andrew Ryder (0000-0003-1416-3348, University of Portsmouth, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen37
Número3
Páginas483-501
Fecha de publicación2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a3756
OpenAlexW2046000183
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas16

Models of cinema demand have tended to employ aggregate data and focus on price and income as key variables. Surprisingly, the effects of travel time and location have not been formally investigated. The authors do so, following developments in the environmental economics literature, by presenting estimates of individual travel cost models for multiplex and nonmultiplex cinemas. A key finding is that travel time has a significant negative effect on nonmultiplex cinema trips, but that this does not hold for multiplex trips; reasons for this are advanced. In the case of multiplex cinema trips, a range of phenomena relating to minimising time-cost uncertainty are shown to be significant. The authors also contribute to an explanation for the 'overscreening' phenomenon observed in the United Kingdom and the USA, which has led to the closure of some relatively recently built multiplexes

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