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Cultural economics / Christiane Hellmanzik.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hellmanzik, Christiane, author.
- Series:
- Economy, key ideas.
- Economy, key ideas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts--Economic aspects.
- Arts.
- Cultural industries--Economic aspects.
- Cultural industries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, [2020]
- Summary:
- An introductory guide to the contribution to and role of the creative industries and their products and services in the overall economy.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introducing cultural economics
- The economic toolbox
- The field of cultural economics
- Big data and cultural insights
- The role of culture in the economy
- A roadmap for creative activities
- Summary
- 2 Markets, prices and agents
- Types of goods and services
- The market model
- Industrial organization in creative industries
- Markets at work: a pop concert
- Case study: art auctions
- 3 Society and culture: public provision and institutional aspects
- Culture as a public good
- Institutional issues in the public provision of culture
- There is no free lunch
- Protection versus freedom
- Case study: political preferences and cultural spending
- 4 Demand for culture
- Preferences
- Pay as much as you want
- Consume to impress
- Is a painting an investment?
- Case study: Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
- 5 Artists, superstars and creativity
- Superstar theory
- The winner takes it all
- The tail: one-hit wonders
- Working for a living: artists' labour markets
- Location matters
- Economics of creativity
- Case study: discrimination in artistic labour markets
- 6 Quality in the arts and culture
- The merits of quantification and rankings
- Markets: the more the better?
- Other consumers' assessment: how many stars shine on Amazon?
- Expert assessment: the jury is still out
- And the artists themselves?
- It is easier to judge the dead: assessing historic artists' quality
- Case study: taste is fickle and hindsight is the real deal
- 7 The organization of cultural industries
- Concentration in the creative economy
- The cost of production
- Structure conduct performance
- The art of the deal: principal-agent relationships.
- Case study: who needs an agent? Two examples of principal-agent relationships over time
- 8 The internet's impact on cultural sectors
- Music industry: from goods to services
- Music industry II: live show complementarities
- Broadcasting: the death of television
- The book market: e-reader versus "real" books
- Principal-agent dynamic gone digital in the book market
- Libraries: chambers of culture?
- Case study: where do all the streamers go? Silicon Valley and the streaming industry
- 9 Globalization's impact on cultural sectors
- What is economic globalization?
- Globalization and culture
- Globalization in numbers I: cultural goods in the European Union
- Globalization in numbers II: cultural services across the globe
- Art markets go global
- Cultural exceptions and the dissemination of tastes
- Case study: opera and orchestras around the globe
- 10 Conclusion
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hellmanzik, Christiane Cultural Economics
- ISBN:
- 9781788213738
- 1788213734
- OCLC:
- 1197719771
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