December 24, 2019
TOO HEAVILY TAXED TO AFFORD IT? VAT AND CULTURAL GOODS
By Victoria Ateca-Amestoy, Javier Gardeazabal and Arantza Ugidos There is a very scarce tradition of cultural policy evaluation. Many public programs are devoted to...
December 10, 2019
MORE THAN A GOOD BOOK: CONTINGENT VALUATION OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES IN ENGLAND
By Daniel Fujiwara, Ricky N. Lawton and Susana Mourato This is the first economic study to value the wide range of benefits to individuals...
November 12, 2019
EX-ANTE VS. EX-POST: A REASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDIES IN ARTS AND CULTURE
By Andrej Srakar and Marilena Vecco The estimation of the economic effects of cultural events is a topic that has stirred numerous debates in...
October 15, 2019
THE CHANGING SOCIAL ECONOMY OF ART, ARE THE ARTS BECOMING LESS EXCLUSIVE?
By Hans Abbing Respect for art is high, also among those who do not consume serious art, though subsidy cuts testify of a decreasing...
October 1, 2019
FROM POPULAR TO HIGHBROW CULTURE: THE CHANGING ROLE OF EDUCATION
By Sara Suarez‑Fernandez, Juan Prieto‑Rodriguez and Maria Jose Perez‑Villadoniga Education is the socioeconomic variable that has the greatest (direct and indirect) impact on cultural...
September 17, 2019
FLAMENCO AND COPYRIGHT. THE CASE OF CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA
By Jesús Heredia-Carroza, Luis Palma Martos and Luis F. Aguado This article analyzes the gap between the performer’s contribution to the flamenco work and...
September 3, 2019
LEONARDO IN LIMBO: AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION
By Robert B. Ekelund, Jr., Richard Higgins and John D. Jackson Interest in recent art “discoveries” and attributions is at high pitch. Most starling...
July 16, 2019
EconomistsTalkArt.org goes on vacation
By The Editorial EconomistsTalkArt.org has selected bi-weekly posts for the past four years for you to read leading research in cultural economics and related...
July 2, 2019
HOW TO GET RID OF TICKET BOTS?
By Pascal Courty The event industry has been plagued by an epidemic of ticket bots that take advantage of online ticketing to grab the...
June 18, 2019
DOES BELONGING TO AN ARTISTIC MOVEMENT MAKE BETTER-SELLING ARTISTS?
By Christiane Hellmanzik and Douglas Hodgson The now-substantial literature on the career age-valuation profiles of artists has paid limited attention to the effects on...
June 4, 2019
BOLLYWOOD’S BATTLE
By Caroline Elliott and Sayantan Ghosh Dastidar India has a longstanding reputation for its acclaimed film industry and continues to be by far the...
May 21, 2019
HITTING THE ‘TRIPLE J HOTTEST 100’: WHAT IT MEANS FOR ARTISTS
By Paul Crosby, Liam Lenten and Jordi McKenzie This study examines how success in an online music poll affects artists’ social media followers. On...
May 7, 2019
CAN WE MEASURE CULTURE IN CITIES?
By Valentina Montalto Provided that culture uniquely defines a city, which urban contexts are more culturally vibrant? And in which ones does culture drive...
April 23, 2019
HOW LIBRARY SERVICES HAVE ADAPTED TO NEW CHALLENGES?
By Anna Villarroya and Victoria Ateca-Amestoy Which transformations have libraries undergone in recent years? In this paper we claim that, due to new societal...
April 9, 2019
ACCOUNTING FOR HERITAGE ASSETS
By Lucia Biondi Cultural heritage is one of the main features making Italy known worldwide. This contribution redresses the neglect of accounting in the...
March 26, 2019
CREATIVITY AND THE CITY: TESTING THE ATTENUATION OF AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES FOR THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
By Eva Coll-Martinez Creative service industries (CSI)’s agglomeration rapidly decays with distance. This fact suggests that for CSI higher expected returns in terms of...
