Heritage institutions house cultural and research content, which is the key source to stimulate innovation. Despite the potential, heritage collections are mostly inaccessible via digital mediums. We analyze the macro, meso and micro conditions of heritage organizations across Europe to identify...

One of the available and yet underappreciated tools in cultural policy at the national level is the reduction of VAT rates for cultural goods and services. We document the standard and reduced VAT rates in EU-28 countries in the period from 1993 to 2013 and explore the underlying determinants....

"Already dealing with disruptive market forces, the creative and cultural industries (CCIs) faced fundamental challenges resulting from global health crisis, wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. With catastrophic changes to cultural consumption, cultural organisations are dealing with short, medium...

Contents: Preface (xi) -- Introduction (1) / Ruth Towse and Trilce Navarrete Hernández -- 1 Application of welfare economics to the arts (9) / William J. Baumol -- 2 Art auctions (19) / Orley Ashenfelter and Kathryn Graddy -- 3 Art dealers (29) / Olav Velthuis -- 4 Artificial intelligence (38)...