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>Colleagues,
> I have a student who is interested in the nexus between economics and
>art. If you can suggest any citations that explore this subject, I would
>appreciate the help.
> Thank you.
> Sincerely,
> Jerry Evensky
>
>Jerry Evensky
>Department of Economics
>Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
>Syracuse University
>Syracuse, NY 13244
>315.443.3843
The subfield known as "cultural economics" or "the economics of the
arts" has now been developing for about 35 years, since the
publication of
Baumol, William and William Bowen (1966), The Performing Arts: The
Economic Dilemma (New York: Twentieth Century Fund,).
occasional books and papers in major journals have brought some of
the work in the field to the attention of economists in general, but
many economists seem unaware of an ongoing stream of research in this
area. After 1975, conferences and publications in the field were
organized by the Association for Cultural Economics, reorganized in
the '90's as the Association for Cultural Economics International.
The association journal is the Journal of Cultural Economics. The
next biennial conference will be in the Netherlands next June. More
information is here: http://www.acei.neu.edu/ I suggest that you do
not look at the conference web site because it will set a nonstandard
"magic cookie" on your hard disk.
Some landmarks include
Scitovsky, Tibor (1976), The Joyless Economy (New York: Oxford
University Press). (expanding on Scitovsky, Tibor (1972), "Arts in
the Affluent Society: What's Wrong With the Arts is What's Wrong
With Society," American Economic Review v. 62, no. 2 pp. 58-69.)
Netzer, Dick (1978), The Susidized Muse (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press).
Throsby, C. D. and G. A. Withers (1979), The Economics of the
Performing Arts (London: Edward Arnold).
McCain, Roger A. (1979), "Reflections on the Cultivation of Taste,"
Journal of Cultural Economics v. 3, no. 1 (Jun) pp. 30-52.
(well, I like to think of it as a landmark, anyway.)
Frey, Bruno and W. W. Pommerehne (1989), Muses and Markets (Oxford:
Basil Blackwell).
Several other books could be listed, including Richard Caves' recent
book on creative industries. A collective volume edited by Ruth Towse
reproduces key papers, including another one of mine. Sorry, I don't
have those references in my personal bibliographic data base, and my
memory is not to be relied on. In short, with a bit of help from
interlibrary loan, your student should be able to find plenty of
material.
Roger A, McCain, Professor, Economics, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, PA
#215 895 2176 http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/WKHP.html
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