# Prof. William Greene on the financial importance of Oscar season to big movie studios

1 Faculty News February 26, 2014 ![WalletHub logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_046689.jpg?itok=64YeKxvQ)>

Excerpt from [WalletHub](http://wallethub.com/blog/economics-of-oscar-season/2124/#greene) -- “Since a lot of the lobbying is hand-to-hand and among personal contacts, money calculations would be misleading. The Academy has rules about this – a recent case had a movie removed from contention for a violation. Still, you have to believe that if they need these rules, the rules get breached.”

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