This is a pre-publication version of London’s Creative Sector: 2004 Update, which was published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) in 2002 and can be found, at the time of this report, at http://london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/creative_sector2004.pdf. It should be cited as Freeman,...

This is a pre-publication version of Creativity: London’s Core Business which was published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) in 2002 and can be found at http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/create_inds_rep02.pdf. This version omits the technical appendix and foreword in the...

This is a pre-publication version of the working paper of the same name, published by the Greater London Authority and available at http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/business-economy/publications/working-paper-40-londons-creative-workforce-2010-update. It should be cited as “Freeman, A....

This empirical dissertation is subdivided in three topics which in each case deal with specific questions of the German movie business. The first and most important part of the work is dedicated to analyse potential drivers for a movies economic success which is measured in admission numbers and...

The actual dissertation broadens the already existing literature of film subsidization by asking if single institutions reach their self affixed goals, if there are existing differences in achievement of objectives and if single methods of direct film funding are more effective than others. A...

This paper seeks to transcend entrenched misunderstandings between economists and arts policymakers, leaders and funders. These misunderstandings, which have long dogged discussion on arts funding in the UK, are most evident in the long-running debate about ‘instrumental’ and ‘intrinsic’...

This paper describes the Greater London Authority’s evidence base for its work on the creative and cultural industries. Its main purpose is to show that th9is evidence base is viable, robust, and useful. The second and most important purpose is to encourage others in city management to invest...

This is a pre-publication version of London’s Creative Sector: 2007 Update, published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) in 2007 and located, at the time of this report, at http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/docs/wp_22_creative.pdf. It should be cited as Freeman, A. (2007)....

I report historical prices and estimate financial returns to investing in rare books. My sample consists of 25 fiction titles recommended by Clifton Fadiman in his 1960 Lifetime Reading Plan. Relying on prices realized at American and British auction houses between 1975 and 2018, I use hedonic...

The dynamics of the art market is usually presented using price perspective, price indexes for the market and financial returns. In this paper the value and volume approach is proposed, that haven't been considered in aggregative way for a longer period of time in the literature. The...