Previous Conferences – CulturalEconomics

2021: The 21st International Conference was hosted online and supported by an organisational team based at Copenhagen Business School and RMIT University.

2018: The 20^th International Conference was hosted by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

2016: The 19^th International Conference was hosted by Universidad de Valladolid in Valladolid, Spain

2014: The 18^th International Conference was hosted by L’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in Montreal, Canada

2012: The 17^th International Conference was hosted by Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan

2010: The 16^th International Conference was hosted by Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen, Denmark

2008: The 15^th International Conference was hosted by Northeastern University Boston, United States

2006: The 14^th International Conference was hosted by the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria

2004: The 13^th International Conference was hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago in Chicago, United States

2002: The 12^th International Conference was hosted by Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2000: The 11^th International Conference was held in Minneapolis, United States

1998: The 10^th International Conference was held in Barcelona, Spain

1996: The 9th International Conference was held in Boston, United States

1994: The 8th ACEI International Conference was held in Witten/Herdecke, Germany

ASSERTING EMOTIONS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY: TOWARD EXPERIENCE SCORING 3 May, 2022
By Charles-Alexandre Delestage & Willy Yvart Virtual reality has already met art and culture in its recent growth. Emotions, as an important part of everyone’s relation to the world, could give precious insights to favour its further development. Emotion studies, if somewhat on hold for most of the 20st century, now get a renewed production... […]
INTERNALIZING PRODUCTION COST AND CHANGES OF TASTES: MORE RECENT THEATRE PLAYS FEATURE FEWER ROLES 12 April, 2022
By Sacit Hadi Akdede, Victor Ginsburgh and Aynur Uçkaç We all know the big productions of older classical theatre have full imposing casts yet theatre productions are progressively losing cast size. Is this a response to changes in consumer taste or simply a way to lower the growing production costs? Casts are one of the... […]
DOES COPYRIGHTS INCREASE CREATIVITY? LESSONS FROM ITALIAN OPERA DURING THE NAPOLEONIC AGE 29 March, 2022
By Michela Giorcelli and Petra Moser Copyrights establish intellectual property rights in creative goods, from literature and science to images, film, and music. This work shows that the introduction of copyrights increases the quantity and the quality of creative output. Copyright extensions beyond the life of the original creator, however, have minimal effects on creativity.... […]
HOW TICKET PRICES TO SWEDISH OPERA HOUSES AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY EXCLUSIVE 15 March, 2022
By Staffan Albinsson Ambitions for social inclusion have guided the publicly funded opera houses and symphony orchestras since the early twentieth century. However, this explicit policy goal has not influenced ticket prices during the last four decades. The successive ticket price increases have resulted in a situation where only the better off attend the performances.... […]