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October 2007
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The Effectiveness of Pre-Release Advertising for Motion Pictures: An Empirical Investigation Using a Simulated Market

One of the most visible and publicized trends in the movie industry is the escalation in movie advertising expenditures over time. Yet, the returns to movie advertising are poorly understood. The main reason is that disentangling the causal effect of advertising on... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Stocks; Investment Return; Price; Revenue; Quality; Mathematical Methods; Motion Pictures and Video Industry

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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: Trade Catalogs National Markets Advertising Products Trade Catalogs Trade... View Details

winter 1993
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Scale and Scope Effects on Advertising Agency Costs

By: A. J. Silk and E. Berndt

Keywords: Advertising; Cost

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January 1978 (Revised April 1994)
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Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.: Crangrape Advertising and Promotion

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Advertising; Marketing; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry

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Site Credits - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising 1865 - 1910 Research Links Bibliography Site Credits CURATOR: Melissa... View Details

2021
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Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: Measurement and Growth Issues in the Digital Era

By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt

The two components of the advertising industry—the creative sector that develops and produces messages, and the communications sector that transmits messages via various media—have each been greatly affected by advances in creative design and communications... View Details

Keywords: Industry Evolution; Advertising; Spending; Measurement and Metrics; Mathematical Methods; Media; Advertising Industry; United States

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21 May 2014
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What to do when your refrigerator starts advertising

05 Feb 2013
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Pistachios beat Blackberry in Super Bowl's advertising match

15 Nov 2016
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Facebook, Google Crack Down on Fake News Advertising

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May 2018 (Revised September 2018)
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BuzzFeed—What Future for Native Advertising and Branded Content?

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Jonah Peretti, CEO of digital publishing company BuzzFeed, needs to decide how to respond to Facebook’s announcement that it would prioritize posts from friends over content from publishers. View Details

Keywords: Information Publishing; Internet and the Web; Digital Marketing; Problems and Challenges; Business Model; Strategy; Publishing Industry; Technology Industry; United States

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1997
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Intermedia Substitutability in the U.S. National Advertising Market

By: Alvin J. Silk, Lisa R. Klein and Ernst R. Berndt

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12 Feb 2013
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Welcome to the Future of Advertising Insight Center

24 Mar 2008
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Optimal Deterrence when Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid In Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Video Game; Web Services

2015
Other Unpublished Work

Viral Videos: The Dynamics of Online Video Advertising Campaigns

By: Lingling Zhang, Clarence Lee and Anita Elberse

Keywords: Digital Marketing; Advertising Campaigns

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July–August 1995
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Seeing the Voice of the Customer: Metaphor-based Advertising Research

By: Gerald Zaltman and R. Coulter

Keywords: Customers; Advertising; Research

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May 2009
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Skewed Bidding in Pay-per-Action Auctions for Online Advertising

By: Nikhil Agarwal, Susan Athey and David Yang

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26 Oct 2017
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In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

White House popularized the term “fake news,” the influence of social media advertising and online publishing requires serious reexamination. That began to happen October 24 at the The Future of Advertising... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting; Journalism & News

2013
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How Concentrated Is the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry? Myth vs. Reality

By: Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III

We analyze changes in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services industry using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's quinquennial Economic Census and the Service Annual Survey. These data, heretofore largely ignored, allow us to redress some of... View Details

Keywords: Concentration Levels; Data; U.S. Census Bureau’s Quinquennial Economic Census And The Service Annual Survey; Measurement Problems; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; Concentration Ratios; Advertising; Advertising Industry; North and Central America

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