Considering all transactions related to modern and contemporary visual artists mediated by
galleries in Italy between 2007 and 2012, we propose an empirical measure of artist brand …

This paper contextualises research on the economics of music. The papers considered
represent a crossroad in economics music research. One branch is the most heavily …

Much recent economic work on the music industry has been focused on the impact of
technology on demand, with predictions being made of digital copyright infringement …

This contribution adds to the economic literature on the market value of rarity in markets for
cultural collectible goods by studying the price of rare audio recordings (chiefly vinyl) sold on …

Based on a unique dataset of artists that are active in the German market for folk music—the
third largest music genre in terms of popularity and sales—I study what factors determine the …

Considering all transactions related to modern and contemporary visual artists mediated by
galleries in Italy between 2007 and 2012, we find that artist brand depends positively on …

Data from “The Classical Music Navigator”(CMN) website are used to generate statistics
bearing on the relative stylistic similarities of 500 classical music composers. When the CMN …

The market for autographs has become more open to international buyers since 1990. Our
data set features a large sample of store and auction sales for selected authors every 5 …

In the recent years, a vast number of economic studies focused on the art market and on its
development, as well as on the artists as agents of a labour market with features that are …

This paper proposes arithmetic and geometric Paasche quality-adjusted price indexes that
combine micro data from the base period with macro data on the averages of asset prices …