nep-cul New Economics Papers
on Cultural Economics
Issue of 2017‒04‒02
five papers chosen by
Roberto Zanola
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale

  1. Cultural identity and willingness to protect and preserve art By M. Meleddu; C. Detotto; M. Vannini
  2. Event dan festival di Cirebon: Review bauran pemasaran syari’ah By Jaelani, Aan
  3. Culture in local and regional development: A Mediterranean perspective on the culture/economy nexus By Benner, Maximilian
  4. What Do Books in the Home Proxy For? A Cautionary Tale By Engzell, Per
  5. The effect of news on the radicalization of public opinion towards immigration By Massimiliano Agovino; Maria Rosaria Carillo; Nicola Spagnolo

  1. By: M. Meleddu; C. Detotto; M. Vannini
    Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the willingness to pay of art-goers for the protection and preservation of cultural artefacts. To this purpose, a discrete choice experiment approach is employed. The experiment took place in 2011 during a major exhibition dedicated to the artist Costantino Nivola (1911-1988). His works, especially those based on the novel sand-casting technique, are known worldwide and many of them were produced after he moved from Sardinia (Italy) to the United States (where he lived from 1939 to his death in 1988). Over this period he never cut his ties with his native land. As a result, both the American and the Sardinian culture affect and show up in his works. In this context, the discrete choice experiments allowed us to estimate not only the price that people are prepared to pay for the security of Nivola's artefacts but also the contribution of non-market components, such as identity, to preserve those objects. Accounting for heterogeneity, the empirical findings show that among visitors there is a substantial willingness to partially cover the cost of preserving the cultural heritage, with significant differences related to the characteristics of the collections considered.
    Keywords: Mixed Logit,Identity,Discrete Choice Experiment,cultural heritage
    Date: 2017
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cns:cnscwp:201702&r=cul
  2. By: Jaelani, Aan
    Abstract: This paper reviewed the event and tourism festival held in Cirebon the last few years very heavily promoted. Cirebon as the gate of secret and as a metropolitan city has many tourist attractions and facilities adequate infrastructure as one of the tourist traffic in Indonesia. With the review of documents and trend analysis, marketing mix approach of the shariah in the promotion of events and festivals in Cirebon, both in the field of religious and traditions, art and culture, culinary, natural beauty, and the local economy offers a new concept in marketing tourism products which emphasize aspects locality and uniqueness noticed preservation, and also the principles of sharia ensure their halal products and values of business ethics in marketing.
    Keywords: event, festival, halal tourism, shariah marketing mix
    JEL: L83 M31 O18 Z19
    Date: 2017–03–12
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:77862&r=cul
  3. By: Benner, Maximilian
    Abstract: This policy paper discusses the direct and indirect role of culture as a driver of local and regional development. It identifies the interactions between local framework conditions, culture, creative industries, culturally relevant products and local development, and discusses the systemic role of culture in translating local framework conditions such as diversity, creativity and experimentation into local or regional development impacts such as economic growth and employment. Case studies from two Mediterranean countries, Cyprus and Israel, illustrate the link between culture and local development. In the final part of the paper, conclusions for local and regional policy are drawn and key recommendations are presented with a particular focus on Mediterranean countries.
    Keywords: culture; creative industries; local development; regional development; Mediterranean countries; Cyprus; Israel
    JEL: O31 O34 O35 O38 O43 R58
    Date: 2017–03–21
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:77787&r=cul
  4. By: Engzell, Per (Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University)
    Abstract: -
    Keywords: -
    Date: 2017–03–20
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hhs:sofiwp:2016_001&r=cul
  5. By: Massimiliano Agovino; Maria Rosaria Carillo; Nicola Spagnolo (-)
    Abstract: This paper analyses the effects of newspaper coverage and the tone of news on immigration on the attitude of natives towards immigration in 19 countries (World Values Survey Database) for the period 2005-2009. The results can be summarised as follows: coverage and the negative tone of news have a significant effect in reducing the attitudes towards immigration for people with high trust in the media; for those with low trust in the media, news on immigration has no significant effects. In the latter case coverage and the negative tone of news radicalizes individuals’ prior preferences and prejudices on immigration, where the latter are proxied by individual political orientations.
    Keywords: Fuzzy analysis, Immigration, News
    JEL: H89 J15 Z19
    Date: 2016–09–01
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:crj:dpaper:1_2016&r=cul

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