A Handbook of Cultural Economics

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A Handbook of Cultural Economics, now available in paperback, 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 Art (including auctions, markets, prices, anthropology), artists’ labor markets, arts management and corporate sponsorship, globalization, the internet, media economics, museums, non-profit organizations, opera, performance indicators, performing arts, publishing, regulation, tax expenditures, value of culture and welfare economics.