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Cultural Economics The Economy | Key Ideas These short primers introduce students to the core concepts, theories and models, both new and established, heterodox and mainstream, contested and accepted, used by economists and political economists to understand and explain the workings of the economy. Published Behavioural Economics Graham Mallard Bounded Rationality Graham Mallard Cultural Economics Christiane Hellmanzik Degrowth Giorgos Kallis The Gig Economy Alex de Ruyter and Martyn Brown The Informal Economy Colin C. Williams The Living Wage Donald Hirsch and Laura Valadez- Martinez Marginalism Bert Mosselmans Productivity Michael Haynes The Resource Curse S. Mansoob Murshed Cultural Economics Christiane Hellmanzik © Christiane Hellmanzik 2020 This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved. First published in 2020 by Agenda Publishing Agenda Publishing Limited The Core Bath Lane Newcastle Helix Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TF www.agendapub.com ISBN 978- 1- 78821- 161- 1 (hardcover) ISBN 978- 1- 78821- 162- 8 (paperback) British Library Cataloguing- in- Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Typeset by Newgen Publishing UK Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CRO 4YY Contents Acknowledgements vii 1 Introducing cultural economics 1 2 Markets, prices and agents 13 3 Society and culture: public provision and institutional aspects 27 4 Demand for culture 43 5 Artists, superstars and creativity 57 6 Quality in the arts and culture 73 7 The organization of cultural industries 87 8 The internet’s impact on cultural sectors 101 9 Globalization’s impact on cultural sectors 119 10 Conclusion 133 References 137 Index 143 v newgenprepdf Acknowledgements I would like to thank John O’Hagan, Lukas Kuld, Sara Mitchell, Martin Schmitz and Danielle Kedan for their support, guidance and the many inspiring, fun exchanges over the years; all the many others in the scientific community who inspired me as well as offered fresh perspectives during my explorations of economics and cultural economics in particular; and Jan Lordieck, Jens Kirsten and Adrian Hinse for their excellent research assistance. Moreover, I would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their invaluable comments and suggestions and Alison Howson at Agenda Publishing for her advice, many of the examples in the book, and bearing with me and my writing process. And above all I am grateful to the loves of my life. For being there and for being just the way you are. Thanks a million to you all. vii
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