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Chapter 9. New Technologies and Cultural Consumption

Potts, Jason - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 2, (pp. 215-231). 2014

New technologies affect cultural consumption in several ways. Technological change lowers the cost of cultural consumption, inducing substitution and/or increasing demand, in both cases increasing consumer welfare. Technological change can also impact dynamically, inducing increased variety...

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On the equilibrium and welfare consequences of "keeping up with the Joneses"

Gavrel, Frédéric; Rebière, Thérèse - 2015

This paper provides an analysis of the social consequences of people seeking to keep up with the Joneses. All individuals attempt to reach a higher rank than the Joneses, including the Joneses themselves. This attitude gives rise to an equilibrium in which all individuals have equal utilities...

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Deepening how cultural capital structures consumption of the performing arts

Caldwell, Marylouise; Henry, Paul Conrad - In: Journal of global scholars of marketing science : … 28 (2018) 1, pp. 52-67

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Preference for Cultural Goods : Demand and Welfare in the Korea Films Market

Chung, Chul - 2009

There is an ongoing debate on whether cultural goods like movies and music albums should be protected from foreign competitors. An implicit assumption under the argument for protection is that consumers easily substitute cultural elements for other product characteristics. In this paper we...

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Determinants of attendance frequency to flamenco shows in Spain : a cultural economic approach

Heredia-Carroza, Jesús; Palma Martos, Luis; Marín, … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 29 (2020), pp. 79-98

This article aims to determine which variables have effect on the attendance frequency to live flamenco shows. Firstly we have done interviews to flamenco and music industry experts to achieve new-fangled variables in our analysis. Secondly, these variables were valued by flamenco consumers...

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Chapter 68 Models of Aggregate Economic Relationships that Account for Heterogeneity

Blundell, Richard; Stoker, Thomas M. - In: Handbook of econometrics : volume 6A, (pp. 4609-4666). 2007

This chapter covers recent solutions to aggregation problems in three application areas: consumer demand analysis, consumption growth and wealth, and labor participation and wages. Each area involves treatment of heterogeneity and nonlinearity at the individual level. Three types of...

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Urban consumption inequality in China, 1995-2013

Xia, Qingjie; Li, Shi; Song, Lina - 2017

We use 1995, 2002 and 2013 CHIP data to investigate the urban household consumption expenditure inequality. The overall … inequality of urban household consumption expenditure measured by Gini coefficient slightly decreases from 0.33 in 1995 to 0 …, the percentile ratio of p90/p10 shows that consumption inequality increases all the time. Besides, the inequality of basic …

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Chapter 14 Empirical Studies of Demand for the Performing Arts

Seaman, Bruce A. - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 1, (pp. 415-472). 2006

While audience and participation surveys, as well as econometric demand studies, generally confirm that performing arts audiences are relatively elite, there are surprises. Education (despite conflicting causal interpretations) is a stronger determinant than income, but that evidence is more...

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Habitus, capital, and patterns of taste in tourism consumption : a study of Western tourism consumers in India

Ahmad, Rafique - In: Journal of hospitality & tourism research : JHTR ; the … 38 (2014) 4, pp. 487-505

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More than convenience: the role of habitus in understanding the food choices of fast food workers

Woodhall-Melnik, Julia; Matheson, Flora I. - In: Work, employment & society : a journal of the British … 31 (2017) 5, pp. 800-815

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