A Handbook of Cultural Economics (Elgar Original Reference)

By Ruth Towse

Book Overview

A Handbook of Cultural Economics includes over 60 eminently readable and concise articles by 50 expert contributors. This unique Handbook is both highly informative and readable; it covers a wide area of cultural economics and its closely related subjects. While being accessible to any reader with a basic knowledge of economics, it presents a comprehensive study at the fore-front of the field.

Of the many subjects discussed, chapters include:

Art (including auctions, markets, prices, anthropology), artists' labour markets, arts management and corporate sponsorship, globalization, the internet, media economics, museums, non-profit organisations, opera, performance indicators, performing arts, publishing, regulation, tax expenditures, value of culture and welfare economics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840643382
• ISBN13: 9781840643381
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 512 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"