The art market in historical perspective -- The art sector in China : traditional, Maoist and globalized periods -- Main features of the art market : what is art? how to value it? how art trade is organized? -- Recessions, financial crises and war : impact on the art sector -- How the super-rich...

In this paper, we compute residual variance of art prices to examine asset pricing in contemporary art market. Our empirical work shows a few interesting results. First, we discover that the residual variance is significantly and positively related to the average price level achieved by an...

Art often serves as an investment tool. However, the prices for some of the pieces are not easy to predict, and removing the price uncertainty is crucial to attracting even more investment in the art market. This paper assumes that the reputation of the artists and their social connections can...