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Culture shapes economic action and, as such, impacts economic life. Although there is a growing recognition amongst … economists that culture matters, there is nothing approaching a universal agreement on how to incorporate culture into economic … analysis. We provide a brief summary of how economists have discussed culture and then argue that Austrian School Economics is …
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This paper draws on the deconstruction(ist) toolbox and specifically on the textual unweaving tactics of exemplarity, parergonality and supplementarity, with view to critically assessing institutional and ordinary tourists' claims to authenticity as regards artefacts and sites of ‘cultural...
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American cultural policy is made and executed by multiple governmental entities, with a large part of direct public expenditure coming from sub-national governments rather than the central government. Much the largest share of government support is provided by tax concessions for gifts to...
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This chapter critically assesses, from an economic viewpoint, the role of the arts and culture in urban and regional … urban revitalization are discussed including the role of tourism, the non-market demand for arts and culture as an element … influence of regional economic development on the demand for and supply of culture in the region is analyzed and the location of …
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Attention to art and culture goes far back in the history of economic thought. In the seventeenth century those …. Disappointingly little concerning the arts and culture can be found in the distinctive American economics of the late nineteenth and …
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New technologies affect cultural consumption in several ways. Technological change lowers the cost of cultural consumption, inducing substitution and/or increasing demand, in both cases increasing consumer welfare. Technological change can also impact dynamically, inducing increased variety...
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Using the economic point of view for an analysis of phenomena related to artistic activities, Arts & Economics not only challenges widely held popular views, but also offers an alternative perspective to sociological or art historic approaches.The wide range of subjects presented are of current...
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