Searching for the picture: forecasting UK cinema admissions using Google Trends data

This article investigates whether Google Trends search information can improve forecasts of cinema admissions. Using monthly data for the United Kingdom for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2008, we examine various forecasting models that incorporate Google Trends search information. We find...

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Volume:	19
Main Author:	Hand, Chris Judge, Guy
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	ABINGDON Taylor & Francis 01.07.2012 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Taylor and Francis Journals
published in:	Applied economics letters Vol. 19; no. 11; pp. 1051 - 1055
ORCID:	0000-0002-4472-6618
Data of publication:	7/1/2012
ISSN:	1350-4851 1466-4291
EISSN:	1466-4291
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	Applied Economics Letters
Subjects:	cinema admissions Internet search engine forecasting Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences cinema admissions Internet search engine forecasting
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2012 Web of Knowledge Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS