A Handbook of Cultural Economics includes over 60 eminently readable and concise articles by 50 expert contributors. This unique Handbook is both highly informative and readable; it covers a wide area of cultural economics and its closely related subjects. While being accessible to any reader with a basic knowledge of economics, it presents a comprehensive study at the fore-front of the field.
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List of contributors Preface Introduction 1. Anthropology of art; 2. Applied welfare economics; 3. Art auctions; 4. Art markets; 5. Art prices; 6. Artistic freedom; 7. Artists’ labour markets; 8. Artists’ rights; 9. Awards; 10. Ballet; 11. Baumol’s cost disease; 12. Broadcasting; 13. Cinema; 14. Contingent valuation; 15. Copyright; 16. Corporate arts sponsorship; 17. Costs of production; 18. Criticism in the arts; 19. Cultural capital; 20. Cultural industries; 21. Cultural statistics; 22. Cultural sustainability; 23 Cultural tourism; 24. Dealers in art; 25. Demand; 26. Digitalization; 27. Economic impact of the arts; 28. Festivals; 29. Fixed book price; 30. Gift economy; 31. Globalization; 32. Heritage; 33. Information goods; 34. International trade; 35. Internet: culture; 36. Internet: economics; 37. Management of the arts; 38. Marketing the arts; 39. Media economics; 40. Motion pictures; 41. Museums; 42. Music business; 43. Non-profit organizations; 44. Opera; 45. Orchestras; 46. Participation; 47. Performance indicators; 48. Principal–agent analysis; 49. Public choice; 50. Public support; 51. Publishing; 52. Regulation; 53. Sociology of art; 54. Superstars; 55. Support for artists; 56. Taste formation; 57. Tax concessions; 58. Television; 59. Value of culture; 60. Visual arts; 61. Welfare economics Index