Rational individuals who perceive information sequentially are confronted to cognitive dissonance and dynamic uncertainty in a way that sets a natural limit to the ex post efficiency of their choices. From the normative perspective which ignores this dynamic uncertainty, their rationality seems...

We develop a model of theatre demand with learning by consuming, and test some of its implications on a large random sample of theatregoers and non-theatregoers. This seems to be the most comprehensive econometric study of demand for the theatre from individual data. We hypothesize that each...

A Handbook of Cultural Economics 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...

[fre] Dans cet article, nous étudions expérimentalement dans quelle mesure l’offre de travail des individus est influencée par les taux de taxation. Lors de l’expérience, un participant, choisi au hasard, doit déterminer son offre de travail en sachant qu’une partie de son revenu sera...

[fre] Une étude économétrique de la demande de théâtre sur données individuelles, . par Louis Lévy-Garboua, Claude Montmarquette.. . L'objet de cet article est d'appliquer la théorie de la demande au théâtre en adaptant celle-ci pour tenir compte de l'aléa inhérent à ce choix...

[eng] The deficit in collective-goods financing raises the issue of individual responsibility in groups and societies. Can a tax policy that strengthens individual responsibility reduce free-riding behavior ? We use experimental data to compare the efficiency of two tax policies aimed at...

Human Capital Over the Life Cycle synthesises comparative research on the processes of human capital formation in the areas of education and training in Europe, in relation to the labour market. The book proposes that one of the most important challenges faced by Europe today is to understand...

The second edition of this widely acclaimed and extensively cited collection of original contributions by specialist authors reflects changes in the field of cultural economics over the last eight years. Thoroughly revised chapters alongside new topics and contributors bring the Handbook up to...