April 10, 2018
PAY-WHAT-YOU-WANT IN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: TOP MANAGERIAL TIPS
By Anna Kukla-Gryz, Katarzyna Zagórska and Peter Szewczyk Managers of cultural institutions, looking for a way to make your institution more accessible, while still remaining...
March 27, 2018
CHANGING FUNDERS, CHANGING VALUES? EVIDENCE ON CROWDFUNDING IN THE NETHERLANDS
By Quirijn L. van den Hoogen What happens to art worlds when funding mechanisms change? The Dutch case is of particular interest as...
March 13, 2018
UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES OF GOVERNMENT BUDGET CUTS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES
By Amir Borges Ferreira Neto Recent pressure to reduce public budgets have been affecting public libraries all across the US. Such government budget cuts...
February 27, 2018
NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE?
By Boram Lee Nudge might sound like “marketing with psychological tricks,” and nothing new; its effectiveness may run out as society gets wise. The...
February 14, 2018
CULTURAL DIPLOMACY: ARM’S LENGTH STRATEGIES UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
By Kalliopi Fouseki and Dimitra Kizlari Cultural diplomacy has been steadily gaining momentum the past decade in EU policy-making circles. Despite genuine efforts to...
January 30, 2018
TWO INFORMATION AGGREGATION MECHANISMS FOR PREDICTING THE OPENING WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REVENUES OF FILMS
By David Court, Benjamin Gillen, Jordi McKenzie and Charles R. Plott Many entertainment and, more generally, cultural products are characterised by significant levels of uncertainty...
January 16, 2018
ARE THEY ALL THE SAME? A CASE STUDY OF THREE AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ARTISTS
By Lisa Farrell, Jane M. Fry and Tim R.L. Fry Many studies of art auctions assume that a single statistical model using observed characteristics...
December 31, 2017
EconomistsTalkArt.org wishes you happy holidays and a great new year 2018!
By The Editorial Team The Editorial Team of EconomistsTalkArt.org wishes you a happy start into the New Year! The blog, which started as an initiative of...
December 19, 2017
MUSEUMS SELLING ART: LA LIAISON DANGEREUSE BETWEEN DEACCESSIONS AND DONATIONS
By Luigi Di Gaetano and Isidoro Mazza Economic downturns and policy reversals have caused a shortage of public and private funding for many museums....
December 5, 2017
THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ARTIST: THE SAME, OR DIFFERENT, THAN OTHER NON-ARTIST ENTREPRENEURS?
By Joanna Woronkowicz and Douglas Noonan Why do workers earning wages or salaries decide to become self-employed, and are artists like other professionals in...
November 21, 2017
AWFULLY BEAUTIFUL? I REALLY LIKE THIS ARTWORK, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN
By Monika Kackovic Information about the quality of producers and products has strategic value and affects economic decisions. But what happens in markets with...
November 7, 2017
TRANSFORMATION AND JOB CREATION IN THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
By Jen Snowball, Alan Collins and Delon Tarentaal The Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) have been hailed as offering great potential to create jobs...
October 24, 2017
DOMINANT AND DOMINATED POSITIONS IN THE CO-PRODUCTION NETWORK OF THEATRE COMPANIES IN ITALY’S CAMPANIA REGION
By Marco Serino, Daniela D’Ambrosio and Giancarlo Ragozini In this study we contend that the co-production of theatre plays may have a critical impact on...
October 10, 2017
EXPLAINING THE CONTROVERSIAL APPEAL OF MOVIE FRANCHISES
An Application of ‘Consumption Capital Theory’ to Serial Media Content By Christian Opitz and Kay H. Hofmann The appeal of movie continuations clearly is...
September 26, 2017
FREE PORTS OR ART PRISONS?
By Sigrid Hemels Art may be stored without tax in free ports. However, one may wonder whether free ports are just special tax regimes...
September 12, 2017
THE ROLE PLAYED BY CULTURAL HERITAGE IN INFLUENCING THE LOCATION CHOICES OF SKILLED INDIVIDUALS
By Pia Nilsson and Mikaela Backman The development of regions is determined by the knowledge and skills of people living there. Thus, it is...
