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The making of cultural policy : a European perspective
van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2005
No good comparable data on sizes of cultural sectors of the countries of Europe exist. Still, local and national governments of Europe spend substantial resources on culture and cultural sectors contribute significantly to employment and national income. After briefly describing special features...
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Migrant ethnic identity: concept and policy implications
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2007
With globalization, the size of migration and the value of ethnicity is rising. Also Cyprus undergoes a strong process of change while experiencing large inflows of migration. The paper investigates the challenges and the potentials of migration from a European Union perspective. It advocates...
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Culture and finance in a globalised world – An uneasy relation
Reszat, Beate - 2000
At the turn of the century, the role of culture in society is changing. One facet of this change is the relation between culture and finance. Globalisation has led to an increasing competition between financial centres worldwide and culture has become one determinant of competitiveness. But,...
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Heterogeneity in migration network effects across cultures
Bogatzki, Tamara - 2021
I empirically assess the importance of socially interdependent origin cultures as opposed to socially independent ones for network effects in inter-national migration. I propose that societies that emphasise collectivist behaviour accumulate larger levels of communityspecific social capital than...
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Cultural Goods Consumption and Cultural Capital
Pethig, Rüdiger; Cheng, Sao-Wen - 2000
Cultural capital is assumed to benefit all members of society. It is built up by the aggregate consumption of cultural goods and is diminished through depreciation. In the no-policy market economy, consumers tend to ignore the beneficial external effects of their cultural good consumption on the...
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Why Are Artists Poor? The Exceptional Economy of the Arts
Abbing, Hans - 2008
Most artists earn very little. Nevertheless, there is no shortage of aspiring young artists. Do they give to the arts willingly or unknowingly? Governments and other institutions also give to the arts, to raise the low incomes. But their support is ineffective: subsidies only increase the...
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Contingent valuation and cultural policy design: The case of "Napoli Musei Aperti"
Santagata, Walter; Signorello, Giovanni - 1998
The aim of the paper is twofold: to carry out a contingent valuation study of "Napoli Musei Aperti", a cultural public good provided by the city of Naples, and to explore some alternative schemes of cultural policy. The paper is divided in two parts. In the first one some results from the...
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Audio-visual services: International trade and cultural policy
Doyle, Gillian - 2012
The audiovisual sector is a significant component of the economy in terms of wealth creation and employment and audiovisual industries also play an important cultural role. This study reviews the main forces driving patterns of trade in audiovisual (mainly television and film) and identifies key...
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Cultural identity, mobility, and decentralization
Schild, Christopher-Johannes; Wrede, Matthias - 2010
Regional cultural identity increases trust and facilitates interaction between native citizens ('social capital'). At the same time, it also affects non-native's migration decisions and their utility as it excludes non-native mobile workers from economic interaction within the region. Policies...
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Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Industrie und das Metaverse: German industrial competitiveness and the metaverse
Lee-Makiyama, Hosuk; Baker, Robin - 2024
), dem Internet der Dinge (IoT), Automatisierung und Blockchain. Insgesamt werden diese Innovationen im Rahmen der Industrie …) prognostizieren, dass Deutschland im Jahr 2023 im Vergleich zu anderen führenden Volkswirtschaften weltweit am schlechtesten …, these Industrie 4.0 innovations will be at the centre of German productivity growth over the next decade. The IMF and the …
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