Through a comparative survey based on a unique dataset, we highlight existing similarities and differences in the museum demand of two similar institutions located in two different European cities, Padua and Seville. While considering some of the peculiarities of the two museums, we examine the...

In cultural consumption it is quite reasonable to expect that the formation and theevolution of preferences, and the related individual choice behaviour, is affected byvarious interactions within families, peer and other social groups. Our investigationfocuses on a specific form of...

We exploit time-use data to investigate Italian couples’ arts participation at joint vs. individual level of partners. By using the most recent available diary data on individual time use in Italian households (ISTAT, 2002-03), we distinguish between arts attendance (going to theater, visiting...

In this paper I consider the economic and social evolution of the PECO countries at the regional level. Growing integration in the EU market, and the general economic and financial globalization are the main external conditioning processes of that evolution. Local economies, characterized by...

In this paper we present an empirical analysis of the 'patterns of cultural choice' in the musical domain in Italy. By employing micro data from the Italian Survey on Households. Citizens and Leisure, we investigate the way in which musical tastes appear to be differentiated in the Italian...

<em>Carlofilippo Frateschi</em> (by Carlofilippo Frateschi) - ABSTRACT: In this article the author presents the evolution of the field of cultural economics in the last decades. The aim is to single out some important and promising themes within its wider and very rich research agenda, by stressing...