January 6, 2026
EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR THE SDGS
The chapter, published by Elsevier in the book Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals, starts from a simple question: If you care about...
December 23, 2025
ECONOMISTS TALK ART WISHES YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND A WONDERFUL NEW 2026
Dear ETA readers! As 2025 draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back at an incredible year of research and insights...
December 15, 2025
AMATEUR ARTISTS AND STARTUP INNOVATION
Imagination is a requisite for innovation that is rarely acknowledged by innovation economists. Artistic imagination provides an empirical toehold for testing whether the richness...
December 1, 2025
SONGS AND NARRATIVES – DOES IT MATTER?
What if lyrics shape a song’s success more than we realize? Analyzing 176 entries from the Bundesvision Song Contest, this study reveals how emotional...
November 18, 2025
OPENING DOORS: WELCOMING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN ARTS CENTERS
This article looks at how people with disabilities experience arts centers. Based on a large visitor survey, it shows that while barriers still exist,...
November 3, 2025
WHEN ART OFFENDS: HOW THE PUBLIC THINKS ABOUT CENSORSHIP AND FUNDING
What happens when publicly funded art sparks outrage? Throughout history, scandals have raised the same question: should governments censor or defund offensive culture? Our...
October 20, 2025
I LIKE PARTICIPATORY MUSEUMS… BUT, TO WHAT EXTENT? A DEMAND AND SUPPLY-SIDE VALUE ASSESSMENT
Participatory governance models are reshaping how museums engage with communities. But how do audiences and stakeholders value these strategies? This study develops a framework...
October 7, 2025
PUTTING THE PERIPHERY ON THE MAP: BIG DATA SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON TOURIST FLOWS IN EUROPE
Beyond Europe’s famous capitals lie coastal villages, mountain towns, and hidden gems that rarely make the headlines. Drawing on millions of TripAdvisor reviews, this...
September 23, 2025
WHO GETS COUNTED AS AN ARTIST? EVIDENCE FROM A GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM
Who counts as an artist—and who gets left out? Our new study compares federal labor data with applicants to a major guaranteed income program...
September 8, 2025
HOW TO MAKE A HIT: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MUSIC CONSUMPTION ON SPOTIFY
Digitalization has reshaped the music industry, forcing new business models and revenue strategies. By analyzing over 562,000 Spotify tracks from 1922 to 2021, this...
July 15, 2025
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND CULTURAL CONSUMPTION ACROSS THE ITALIAN REGIONS
Digitalization has transformed cultural access, complementing rather than replacing live participation. Data from Italian regions show higher IT access correlates with cultural engagement, but...
July 1, 2025
ACEI 2025: A LANDMARK GATHERING FOR CULTURAL ECONOMISTS AROUND THE GLOBE
The 23rd International Conference on Cultural Economics, hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam from June 24–27, 2025, was a vibrant celebration of knowledge, dialogue, and...
June 10, 2025
NOT JUST ANOTHER CRYPTO SCHEME: WHAT MAKES ART INVESTMENT PLATFORMS LEGIT?
Art investment has long been the playground of the ultra-wealthy, with masterpieces selling for millions at high-profile auctions held by Sotheby’s and Christie’s. But...
May 27, 2025
DO CULTURAL DISTRICTS BOOST LOCAL JOBS?
In recent years, cities across the United States have increasingly turned to the arts and culture as a tools to foster local economic development....
May 12, 2025
ART AUCTIONS UNCOVERED: WHAT’S THE BIGGER WARNING SIGN-BOUGHT IN OR PRICE DROP?
In Korean art auctions, bought-in (which means they failed to sell) artworks yield 14.4% lower returns, but price declines send an even stronger negative...
April 28, 2025
THE ECONOMICS OF FINE DINING: WHAT DRIVES RESTAURANT SUCCESS?
What is the role of different concepts of quality in the fine-dining restaurant sector? We investigate how experts’, consumers’, and chefs’ views of quality...
