Ruth Towse A textbook of cultural economics

What determines the price of a pop concert or an opera? Why does Hollywood dominate the film industry? Does illegal downloading damage the record industry? Does free entry to museums bring in more visitors? One of the world's leading cultural economists shows in this textbook of Cultural Economics, how we can use the theories and methods of economics to answer these and a host of other questions concerning the arts (performing arts, visual arts and literature), heritage (museums and built heritage)...

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Engels | 600 pagina's | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [etc.] | 2010

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Ruth Towse Creativity, incentive and reward

an economic analysis of copyright and culture in the information age

Cultural economics, copyright and the cultural industries; rewards to artists: the economics of artists' labour markets and the earnings of singers; copyright incentives and rewards: the value of performers' rights and earnings; copyright and cultural policy for the information age: economic aspects of limitations and exceptions to copyright in the digital world. Review in: Journal of cultural economics.28(2004)2(.157-163).

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Engels | 227 pagina's | 2000

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Ruth Towse Singers in the marketplace

the economics of the singing profession

Study of the economics of the singing profession in Britain, particularly in relation to 'classical' singers, performers, and teachers. The author analyses the complexities of the labourmarket for singers, and discusses among others the costs of the training of singers, employment, and the earnings of singers.

Engels | 252 pagina's | Clarendon press, Oxford | 1993

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