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on Cultural Economics |
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Issue of 2019‒02‒04
four papers chosen by Roberto Zanola Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale |
| By: | Aleksandra Wiśniewska (Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw) |
| Abstract: | Evidence-based policies require well-established research and reliable data. One of the major difficulties in delivering ‘good quality food’ for cultural policies lies in measuring culture. Stated preference based non-market valuation is one of the privileged tools to reveal the benefits cultural goods deliver to the society for cost-benefit analysis. The prevalent problem in this kind of research are poorly defined, ambiguous goods. The challenge lies in describing their quality attributes. The article’s goal is to review the hitherto uses of quality measurements of arts and culture in stated preference based non-market valuation research, mostly dedicated to performing arts and cultural heritage. |
| Keywords: | quality measurement, stated preferences, non-market valuation, performing arts, cultural heritage, cultural policy |
| JEL: | Z1 Z11 Z18 D61 |
| Date: | 2019 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:war:wpaper:2019-03&r=all |
| By: | de Santana Ribeiro, Luiz Carlos; Carneiro Rios Lopes, Thiago Henrique; Borges Ferreira Neto, Amir; Rodrigues dos Santos, Fernanda |
| Abstract: | The Brazilian cultural sector is rarely explored in the literature, especially considering all municipalities at the same time in an economic and spatial perspective. This paper aims to measure the level of specialization, urbanization and diversification externalities on the cultural employment growth rate in Brazilian municipalities between 2006 and 2016. To do so, spatial econometric models are used. The main results indicate there are no spatial associations regarding cultural employment growth in Brazil. The lack of complementarity of this sector, associate with the lack of incentives for its development, particularly in small municipalities, helps to explain our results. |
| Keywords: | cultural activities; Brazilian municipalities; spatial econometrics; specialization externalities |
| JEL: | R12 Z10 |
| Date: | 2019–01–15 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:91528&r=all |
| By: | Aurelio Bruzzo |
| Abstract: | Nel presente studio si illustrano – in occasione della fine dell’anno dedicato dalla Commissione europea al Patrimonio culturale – le più significative iniziative condotte sia da parte dell’Unione europea che da parte italiana a favore dei beni culturali. Ovviamente, dopo aver debitamente accennato al quadro giuridico-istituzionale e alla sua evoluzione nel tempo, si evidenziano i principali aspetti di carattere strutturale che si riflettono sulle attività recentemente realizzate in tale ambito soprattutto in Italia, Paese a cui viene riconosciuta una indiscussa leadership quantomeno a livello europeo. |
| Date: | 2018–12–30 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:udf:wpaper:2018127&r=all |
| By: | David A. Jaeger; Theodore J. Joyce; Robert Kaestner |
| Abstract: | We examine the relationship between social media activity, such as Google searches and tweets, related to teen pregnancy and the airing of the MTV program 16 and Pregnant. In contrast to Kearney and Levine's (2015) claim of a positive relationship, we find that the association is statistically insignificant or negative, when the analysis includes periods when new episodes of the program were not being broadcast. The results are also sensitive to using the total number of tweets, which were growing exponentially, as weights. Our results cast substantial doubt on social media as a link in the causal chain between reality television and fertility. |
| JEL: | C81 J13 L82 |
| Date: | 2019–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:25446&r=all |