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Deconstructing Bataknese Gorga
Situngkir, Hokky - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The carved and painted decorations in traditional Batak houses and buildings, gorga, are the source of their exoticism. There are no identical patterns of the ornaments within Batak houses and the drawings are closely related to the way ancient Batak capture the dynamicity of the growing “tree...
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Sports and cultural habits by gender: An application using count data models
Muñiz, Cristina; Rodríguez, Plácido; Suárez, María J. - In: Economic Modelling 36 (2014) C, pp. 288-297
This article analyses individual decisions regarding participation in two leisure activities: sports and culture. Using …
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Factors Affecting the Financial Success of Motion Pictures: What is the Role of Star Power?
Selvaretnam, Geethanjali; Yang, Jen-Yuan - School of Economics and Finance, University of St. Andrews - 2015
In the mid-1940s, American film industry was on its way up to its golden era as studios started mass-producing iconic feature films. The escalating increase in popularity of Hollywood stars was actively suggested for its direct links to box office success by academics. Using data collected in...
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Il patrimonio artistico e culturale italiano: gestione, valorizzazione e attrattività turistica
Beretta, Enrico; Migliardi, Andrea - In: ECONOMIA E DIRITTO DEL TERZIARIO 2014/2 (2014) 2, pp. 199-235
L’Italia è il paese europeo che presenta la maggiore dotazione di patrimonio artistico e culturale in rapporto alla popolazione. L’heritage fornisce già un contributo rilevante allo sviluppo degli afflussi turistici, soprattutto dall’estero, come testimoniato dall’Indagine sul Turismo...
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Cultural participation and tourism flows: An empirical investigation of Italian provinces
Borowiecki, Karol Jan; Castiglione, Concetta - Institut for Virksomhedsledelse og Økonomi, Syddansk … - 2012
The importance of cultural events for attracting tourism has been often posited in research, however rarely tested in … and tourism flows in Italian provinces, and find that admission to theatre-type activities increases as the number of … tourism flows and cultural participation. The findings also imply that the demand for entertainment varies depending on the …
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A Comparative Econometric Analysis of Museum Attendance by Locals and Foreigners: The Cases of Padua and Seville/Un análisis econométrico comparado de las asistencias a los museos...
FRATESCHI, CARLOFILIPPO; LAZZARO, ELISABETTA; PALMA … - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 27 (2009) Abril, pp. 177-198
Through a comparative survey based on a unique dataset, we highlight existing similarities and differences in the museum demand of two similar institutions located in two different European cities, Padua and Seville. While considering some of the peculiarities of the two museums, we examine the...
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The Right of Publicity : Privacy Reimagined for a Public World (Introduction)
Rothman, Jennifer E. - 2018
THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY: PRIVACY REIMAGINED FOR A PUBLIC WORLD (Harvard University Press 2018), 256 pages, considers the opportunities and risks that today’s right of publicity laws pose. The right of publicity has become a negative force ― suppressing speech, blocking otherwise lawful uses...
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The Relationship Among Regional Economic Impact Models : Contingent Valuation versus Economic Impact in the Case of Cultural Assets
Seaman, Bruce Alan - 2007
Despite concerns as to its reliability and expense, the contingent valuation method (CVM) of measuring regional economic impacts is rapidly spreading from its traditional base in environmental economics to cultural economics, nearly supplanting the still popular but also flawed economic impact...
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The Supply Constraint Problem in Economic Impact Analysis : An Arts/Sports Disparity
Seaman, Bruce Alan - 2007
The most fundamental analytical errors that lead to overstated projected regional economic impacts (ex ante) are demand based: (1) failure to subtract local sources of spending and non-local uses of spending from the budgets of subject organizations or events; (2) erroneous attribution of all...
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Economic Dimension of Crimes Against Cultural-Historical and Archaeological Heritage (EN)
Nozharov, Shteryo - 2021
economics of culture based on the values of non-use. The model tries to determine the opportunity costs of this type of crime in …
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