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Aesthetics and Economics

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Gianfranco Mossetto

    1. International Center for Art Economics, University of Venice, Italy

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-9
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  2. Introduction

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 11-13

  3. The Aesthetic Qualification

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 15-28

  4. Exploring the Economists’ Concern with the Arts

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 29-60

  5. Changing the Axioms: Between Theory and Meta-Theory

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 61-83

  6. The Demand Side: Aesthetic Information Asymmetry and the Theory of Rational Consumption

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 85-124

  7. The Supply Side: On Productivity, Technology and Distribution

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 125-148

  8. Aesthetic “Certification” and its Strategies

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 149-165

  9. The Aesthetic Stock and its Preservation: Why, what, and for Whom?

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 167-190

  10. The Entitlement of Rights: Genuine and Fake

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 191-211

  11. Aesthetic Trade-Off and Information Theory: Some Concluding Remarks

    • Gianfranco Mossetto
    Pages 213-222

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 223-229
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Aesthetics and Economics is a pioneering effort at treating aesthetics from the point of view of economic theory, and addresses the contradictions which have arisen from economists' work in this field over the years.
Starting from an historical review of the treatment of aesthetics in economic thought, Aesthetics and Economics goes through the integration of a number of recent advances in economic thinking with the main topics of aesthetics, from creativity to interpretation.
The subject is systematically treated on the grounds of a restatement of the optimization analysis on non-consequentialist bases, starting from the Kantian definition of aesthetic judgement up to its contemporary developments.
A specific information asymmetry characterizing the agents' behaviours arises from the aesthetic qualification of consumption, production and investment processes, thus affecting the usual equilibrium and optimization conditions, resulting in new institutional interventions in the market.
`Certification' of the aesthetic nature of goods and stocks is needed and gives place to original market strategies and optimization problems.

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  • International Center for Art Economics, University of Venice, Italy

    Gianfranco Mossetto

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