revenue without a consequential decline, and perhaps even an increase, in the entry of artists and the supply of high quality … music. There have been numerous explanations posited and this paper adds a novel one: that artists are time inconsistent and … anticipated, piracy actually constrains the degree to which artists sell out, and assured of that, raises entry returns …

levelled the playing field between already-prominent and new artists, creators may now be dependent on platform decisions about … effect of Spotify's playlists on both the promotion of songs and the discovery of music by new artists, using four approaches … raises the probability of song success, including for new artists …

For 35 leading painters who lived in France during the first century of modern art, this paper uses textbook … puzzle: why do some of the greatest artists not produce famous paintings, and why do some relatively minor artists produce … experimental and conceptual painters. Experimental artists work incrementally, their innovations appear gradually, and they …

Modern painting began in France during the nineteenth century. Using transactions from art auctions for the work of 50 … leading painters who worked in France during the first century of modern art, I estimate the relationship between the value of … a painting and the artist's age at the date of its execution. The econometric estimates show that artists born before …

The recent history of modern art provides clues as to how important artists can be identified before their work becomes … education in the training of leading artists has also increased during this period. A few schools have been particularly … identify important artists before they become widely recognized, and therefore before their early innovative work rises in …

How can minor artists produce major works of art? This paper considers 13 modern visual artists, each of whom produced … a single masterpiece that dominates the artist's career. The artists include painters, sculptors, and architects, and … that the artists formulated early in their careers, and fully embodied in individual works. The phenomenon of the artistic …

of such conceptual artists as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arthur Rimbaud, Maya Lin, and Orson Welles, all of whom produced their … masterpieces before the age of 30, and why extensive experience was necessary for the innovations of such experimental artists as …

There have been two very different life cycles for important modern artists: some, including Picasso, have made their …. Understanding the careers of modern artists therefore leads to a deeper understanding of the life cycles of human creativity in …