, and music. Although their primary purpose is to encourage creativity, systematic evidence on the causal effects of …, this paper exploits exogenous variation in the adoption of copyrights within Italy – as a result of the timing of Napoléon …, new works are exceptionally well-documented, offering unique opportunities to observe changes in creativity. Difference …

’s military victories in Italy – to examine the effects of copyrights on creativity. To measure changes in creative output we …

works. Music, due to its own unique limitations, may be unsuited to a strict delineation of what may and may not be “copied …. Reference is made to historical and contemporary examples of the practice, including examples involving European classical music …, American blues, jazz and hip-hop, as well as British and Irish folk and popular music. Then, in order to properly explore …

, tourism history, the history of music and theatre, Italian social history and more. Rossella Del Prete is an Associate … Professor of Economic History in the Department of Economics at the University of Sannio, Italy. Her research interests span …1. The value of economic history of the creative economy -- 2. Understanding the dynamics of creation and regulation of …