This paper is a comparative analysis of the recent evolution of the French and the Anglo-Saxon profession regulations of auctioneers in terms of entry barriers and exercise of the profession. Firstly, following Stephen and Love's (1999) framework of the regulation of legal profession, we...

While cultural consumption has been the object of several studies in economics, the behavior of art collectors has seldom been investigated. This paper aims to fill this gap by empirically profiling art collectors in terms of their motivations and the experiences that affect their purchase...