[fre] Pour un certain nombre d'économistes, le développement du travail domestique et du travail au noir ne sont pas seulement les symptômes de la crise de l'Etat-Providencè. Ils seraient les moyens djen corriger les défauts en agençant des formes de production alternative où l'individu...

[eng] Does the french debate on territorial management will solve rural problems ? This is very controversial. The french public policy is here still dealing with and old reference : the spatial redistribution of financial resources, whereas it should consider the challenge of creating new...

When we wonder about the ability of cultural activities to sustain economic development, it looks relevant to assess the ability of cultural enterprises to develop and survive. Considering the INSEE data base on New Enterprises [SINE, 1998-2003], this contribution demonstrates three results. The...

<alinea/> This contribution considers the main paradigms of cultural economics, and their consequences in terms of research results and policies recommendations. The ?cost disease? is the first one analyzed. More relevant in the context of globalization and digitalization, the second paradigm deals with...

The online sale of works of art becomes an important means of exchange and marketing works. We are studying this new way to connect buyers and sellers through niche websites. This book chapter includes comparative tables and Antique and Auction house online portals.

This compelling book offers a fresh and novel approach to study cultural and artistic expression from the perspective of ‘the commons’. It demonstrates how identifying cultures as shared resources is useful in eliciting the main factors and social dilemmas affecting the production...

The studies cover topics in the conceptualization, classification and stratification of public goods. Also examined are public institutional design, global economic institutions and partnership typologies. Individual papers address the financing, regulatory, organizational and legal aspects...

Cultural heritage is a complex and elusive concept, constantly evolving through time, and combining cultural, aesthetic, symbolic, spiritual, historical and economic values. The Handbook on the Economics of Cultural Heritage outlines the contribution of economics to the design and analysis of...

<titre traitementparticulier="non">Abstract</titre> This paper uses data from the Information System on New Firms (Système d?information sur les nouvelles entreprises, SINE) to study the determinants of cultural firms? lifetime in France. 47.5% of cultural firms started since 1998 have not survived their sixth year in business. This...

The market for autographs has become more open to international buyers since 1990. Our data set features a large sample of store and auction sales for selected authors every five years from 1960 to 2005. The estimation of a hedonic price function shows that page count, type of author, date and...