Emerging forms of alternative economic frameworks are changing the structure of society, redefining the relationship between centre and periphery, and the social dynamics in the urban fabric. In this context, the arts can play a crucial role in formulating a concept of complex and plural...

Emerging forms of alternative economic frameworks are changing the structure of society, redefining the relationship between centre and periphery, and the social dynamics in the urban fabric. In this context, the arts can play a crucial role in formulating a concept of complex and plural...

Subventionen für Theater und Opern, politische Ökonomie, politischer Budgetzyklus, Kunst- und Kulturökonomie, deutsche Wirtschaftsgeschichte. - Public subsidies for theatres and operas, political economy, political budget cycle, cultural economics, German economic history

Principal-agent problems can arise when preferences of voters are not aligned with preferences of political representatives. Often the consequence of the political principalagent problem is political catering to special interests. In this paper I provide examples of principal-agent problems...

Purpose of this article is to introduce the concept of a new cultural institution, "medialab". Media laboratory is an interdisciplinary institution that combines the tasks of scientific, educational, cultural and artistic institutions. They are spaces in which technology and digital media are...

La 4e de couverture indique : "La culture occupe un rôle clé dans le développement local. Outre sa participation à la vie économique en tant que domaine d'activité, la culture nourrit et oriente le développement local en tant qu'elle façonne notre rapport au monde et nos modes de vie....

Game industry and cultural policy -- Hong Kong game industry -- Game industry and markets in China -- Cultural policies in China -- East Asian cultural policies and market -- Conclusion: Hong Kong's creative industries and East Asian rivalry -- Epilogue: study of cultural policy as vocation --...

Origination: the geographies of brands and branding / Andy Pike -- The state branding of U.S. postage stamps for state commemorative years : from heritage, iconography and place to placelessness / Stanley D. Brunn -- Ghostly cities : some notes on urban branding and the imagining of places /...

Every discussion of the Caribbean states considers their characteristics as sea-locked countries, small economies, highly vulnerable to natural disasters, and a geographic platform that calls for regional cooperation and integration. The Caribbean Sea is the most important vehicle and the most...

One of the available and yet underappreciated tools in cultural policy at the national level is the reduction of VAT rates for cultural goods and services. We document the standard and reduced VAT rates in EU-28 countries in the period from 1993 to 2013 and explore the underlying determinants....

One of the available and yet underappreciated tools in cultural policy at the national level is the reduction of VAT rates for cultural goods and services. We document the standard and reduced VAT rates in EU-28 countries in the period from 1993 to 2013 and explore the underlying determinants....