Etro, Federico; Pagani, Laura - In: Journal of Cultural Economics 37 (2013) 4, pp. 391-415
We study the art market in the Venetian Republic from 1550 to 1750 analyzing the determinants of the prices (adjusted for the cost of living measured by the price of wheat) of figurative paintings. Reputation of the painters, size of the paintings and other quantifiable factors affect prices as...