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Demand for Live Orchestral Music – The Case of German Kulturorchester
Zieba, Marta; O'Hagan, John - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 233 (2013) 2, pp. 225-245
This paper estimates a demand function for orchestras in Germany and in the process provides estimates of the impact of various determinants of demand for live orchestral music. Price and income are shown to be highly significant as are the quality factors included. The price elasticity is...
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Speaking of corporate social responsibility
Liang, Hao; Marquis, Christopher; Renneboog, Luc; Sun, Li - 2014
We examine how international variation in corporate future-oriented behavior, such as corporate social responsibility (CSR) and research and development (R&D) investment, could partially stem from characteristics of the languages spoken at firms. We develop a future-time framing perspective...
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Movies
Michalopulos, Stelios; Rauh, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Why are certain movies more successful in some markets than others? Are the entertainment products we consume reflective of our core values and beliefs? These questions drive our investigation into the relationship between a society's oral tradition and the financial success of films. We combine...
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Are Art Auction Estimates Biased?
Robert B. Ekelund, Jr; Jackson, John D.; Tollison, Robert D. - In: Southern Economic Journal 80 (2013) 2, pp. 454-465
This article considers whether presale auction estimates are unbiased predictors of price when “no-sales” are considered utilizing a newly constructed sample of over 500 works by eight early twentieth-century American artists. Unbiased presale auction estimates in predicting price, while...
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Music, the brain, the mind, and the heart
Ginsburgh, Victor; Ginsburgh, Stephane - In: ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE 2014/1 (2014) 1, pp. 83-103
The paper draws on the aesthetic theory and on the cognitive neuroscience approach of music, as well as on music history to try to convince Frederic Scherer that he should listen to music composed after Mahler.
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Il patrimonio artistico e culturale italiano: gestione, valorizzazione e attrattività turistica
Beretta, Enrico; Migliardi, Andrea - In: ECONOMIA E DIRITTO DEL TERZIARIO 2014/2 (2014) 2, pp. 199-235
L’Italia è il paese europeo che presenta la maggiore dotazione di patrimonio artistico e culturale in rapporto alla popolazione. L’heritage fornisce già un contributo rilevante allo sviluppo degli afflussi turistici, soprattutto dall’estero, come testimoniato dall’Indagine sul Turismo...
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European capitals of culture and life satisfaction
Steiner, Lasse; Frey, Bruno S.; Hotz, Simone - 2013
This paper analyzes whether hosting the most prestigious European cultural event, the European Capital of Culture, has …
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Chapter 37 Philanthropy
Katz, Stanley N. - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 1, (pp. 1299-1321). 2006
arts and culture, and when corporate philanthropy emerged in the 1950s it was also often aimed at the arts and culture. The … grants to the arts and culture; and the rising number of community and family foundations. American philanthropy is … historical tradition and legal framework has given rise to different forms of support for the arts and culture, with a greater …
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Chapter 30 Culture in Urban and Regional Development
Bille, Trine; Schulze, Günther G. - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 1, (pp. 1051-1099). 2006
This chapter critically assesses, from an economic viewpoint, the role of the arts and culture in urban and regional … urban revitalization are discussed including the role of tourism, the non-market demand for arts and culture as an element … influence of regional economic development on the demand for and supply of culture in the region is analyzed and the location of …
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Chapter 6. The Economics of Cultural Awards
English, James F. - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 2, (pp. 119-143). 2014
This chapter considers the economic dimensions of prizes and awards in the arts. It first treats the role of awards in the markets for artistic goods: their effect on sales, earnings, and consumer demand, and their function as judgment devices or quality signals. Also discussed are the costs of...
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