Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

1. Introduction and overview Victor A. Ginsburgh and David Throsby PART I. Value and evaluation in art and culture 2. Creative genius in literature, music and the visual arts Dean Keith Simonton 3. Contemporary experimental aesthetics: Procedures and findings Paul J. Locher 4. The economic and cultural value of paintings: Some empirical evidence David Throsby and Anita Zednik 5. Values of music Jerrold Levinson 6. The economics of cultural awards James F. English 7. The use of stated preference methods to value cultural heritage Ken G. Willis PART II. Demand, consumption and investment 8. Bestsellers and blockbusters: Movies, music and books W.D. Walls 9. New technologies and cultural consumption Jason Potts 10. Investment in visual art: Evidence from international transactions Benjamin R. Mandel PART III. Innovation and technological change 11. Cultural innovation by cultural organizations Xavier Castañer 12. Digitization, copyright, and the flow of new music products Joel Waldfogel 13. The pricing of art and the art of pricing: Pricing styles in the concert industry Pascal Courty and Mario Pagliero 14. Media ownership: Diversity versus efficiency in a changing technological environmentGillian Doyle PART IV. Trade, development, and cultural diversity 15. Cultural products in the international trading system P. Lelio Iapadre 16. Cultural diversity, copyright and international trade Fiona Macmillan 17. Trade and cultural diversity Alberto Bisin and Thierry Verdier 18. Cultural diversity, conflict, and economic development José G. Montalvo and Marta Reynal-Querol 19. Culture, linguistic diversity, and economics Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber PART V. Broader cultural issues 20. National culture as value orientations: Consequences of value differences and cultural distance Shalom H. Schwartz 21. Religion, culture, and development Gani Aldashev and Jean-Philippe Platteau 22. Strategic interactions between modern law and custom Jean-Philippe Platteau and Zaki Wahhaj