Cultural Economics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Ruth Towse, Abdul Khakee

      Pages 1-5

3. Policy and Policy Evaluation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Economics, Cultural Values and Cultural Policies

      • Alan Peacock

      Pages 9-20

   3. Public Choice and Public Funding of the Arts

      • Christopher Lingle

      Pages 21-30

   4. Problems of Planning Cultural Programs under Endogenous Tastes

      • Samuel Cameron, Richard Welford

      Pages 31-36

   5. The Rationale for Public Funding of a National Museum

      • Christopher T. Duffy

      Pages 37-48

   6. Assessing and Financing Cultural Investments

      • Gianni Carbonaro

      Pages 49-60

   7. The Wexford Opera Festival: A Case for Public Funding?

      • John W. O’Hagan

      Pages 61-66

   8. Trends in Art Policy: The Dutch Case

      • Pierre Eijgelshoven

      Pages 67-73

4. Pricing Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Some Unanswered Questions in the Economics of Art

      • Leslie P. Singer

      Pages 77-83

   3. Auction of Works of Art

      • Martin Salamon

      Pages 85-89

   4. Factors Affecting Price on the Contemporary Art Market

      • D. Sagot-Duvaroux, S. Pflieger, B. Rouget

      Pages 91-102

   5. The Classification of Prices: An International Comparative Inquiry into the Admission Prices for Cultural Events

      • Dos Elshout

      Pages 103-111

5. Audiences for the Arts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Art Productivity in the Information Age

      • Michael Hutter

      Pages 115-123

   3. Risk, Risk Aversion and the Demand for Performing Arts

      • François Abbé-Decarroux, François Grin

      Pages 125-140

   4. Museum Visitor Surveys: An Overview, 1930–1990

      • Victoria Dickenson

      Pages 141-150

6. Trade in Cultural Goods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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Cultural economics as a field of research involves two areas, culture and economy. These two areas have been traditionally regarded as each other's antithesis. However, the economic aspects of culture have increasingly become a matter of everyday reality for persons working in the cultural field. The economy of culture has always been in the focus of political interest. Political decisions concerning such priority areas as the development of regional institutions, support to the artists and cultural programmes for children and youth have important economic implications. This book deals with a range of topics in cultural economics. It contains original papers by economists workingin the field from 15 different countries and covers a host of both theoretical and practical issues, covering the performing arts, arts marketsand museums. It represents an up-to-date statement of the application of economic ideas to cultural questions.

• Cultural policiy
• Import
• Internationaler Handel
• Kulturpolitik
• Kulturökonomie
• cultural economics
• institutions
• international trade
• productivity

• Department of Economics, University of Exeter, Exeter, Great Britain

  Ruth Towse

• Center for Regional Science (CERUM), University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

  Abdul Khakee

Policies and ethics