The Uneven Effect of Airbnb on the Housing Market: Evidence Across and Within Italian Cities
Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 339-377, March 2025.ABSTRACT We investigate if Airbnb diffusion affects residential property values differently across and within cities leveraging the heterogeneity of five Italian cities in terms of tourist attractiveness, local housing markets, and socioeconomic conditions. We find that Airbnb density growth leads to increases in house prices in all cities. Within‐city,
Raffaele Congiu +2 more
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A new map of Hollywood and the world [PDF]
In this paper, I offer a reinterpretation of the economic geography of the so-called new Hollywood. The argument proceeds in six main stages. First, I briefly examine the debate on industrial organization in Hollywood that has gone on in the literature ...
Scott, Allen J.
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Tourist See Tourist Do: The Influence of Hollywood Movies and Television on Tourism Motivation and Activity Behavior [PDF]
, 2013 The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of Hollywood movies and television (movies/TV) on US viewer’s motivation to travel to and participate in activities featured in Hollywood movies/TV productions.
Josiam, Bharath M. +3 more
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Gregorini v. Shyamalan: Can Access Trump Similarity in a Globalised Digital Age?
The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.Abstract On the 20th February 2025, the final judgement of Gregorini v. Shyamalan rejected director Gregorini's claims that the show ‘Servant’ produced by Apple TV+ copied her independent film ‘The Truth About Emanuel’. Infringement can be established by proving substantial similarity and access to the work.
Anna Monnereau
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[Review of] Gina Marchetti. Romance mId the Yellow Peril: Race, Sex, and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction [PDF]
, 1994 Marchetti poignantly mirrors Orientalism as conceived in the eyes of typical Hollywood filmmakers of their Eurocentric discourse, flavored with their own notions of romance, race and sexuality, and the Yellow Peril, the way they want to entertain the ...
Kim, Eugene C.
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Do deepfakes, digital replicas and human digital twins justify personality rights?
The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.Abstract Unauthorised deepfakes are deeply problematic, from the spreading of misinformation to non‐consensual pornographic content. This paper asks whether deepfakes, digital replicas and human digital twins justify personality rights. To address this question, it examines the harms that deepfakes can cause through disinformation, demeaning content ...
Hayleigh Bosher
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\u3ci\u3eFast Times at Ridgemont High\u3c/i\u3e and \u3ci\u3ePorky’s\u3c/i\u3e: Gender Perspective in the Teen Comedy [PDF]
, 2005 This study examines gender representation in teen comedy with an emphasis on two films from the genre. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) was directed by a woman, Amy Heckerling. Porky’s (1981) was directed by a man, Bob Clark. This research reveals the
VanderHoff, Kerri
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Artificial Creativity and Human Fragility
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article critiques the widespread assumption that generative AI systems exhibit genuine artistic creativity. While such systems can produce novel and aesthetically appealing outputs, assessments based solely on results obscure fundamental differences between human and artificial agents.
Johanna Merz
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Spectacular narratives: Twister, independence day, and frontier mythology [PDF]
, 1999 Big-screen spectacle has become increasingly important to Hollywood in recent decades. It formed a central part of a post-war strategy aimed at tempting lost audiences back to the cinema in the face of demographic changes and the development of ...
King, G
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