Cultural economics : the arts, the heritage and the media industries / edited by Ruth Towse.

VOLUMEN 1 -- Acknowledgements, ix -- Introduction by the editor, xiii -- Part I. Overture -- 1. The Economic perspective / Bruno S. Frey and Werner W. Pommerehne, 3 -- 2. The economic point of view / Bruno S. Frey, 37 -- 3. The production and consumption of the arts: a view of cultural economics / David Throsby, 51 -- Part II. Tastes and taste formation -- 4. Changes in tastes / M.S. McPherson, 83 -- 5. Our Disdain for Culture' [amended] and What's Wrong with Mass Production / Tibor Scitovsky, 86 -- 6. De Gustibus non Est disputandum / George J. Stigler and Gary S. Becker, 112 -- 7. De Gustibus Est disputandum: the phenomenon of "merit wants" revisited / Edwin G. West and Michael McKee, 127 -- 8. Are all tastes constant and identical? a critique of Stigler and Becker / Tyler Cowen, 139 -- 9. Cultivation of taste, catastrophe theory, and the demand for works of art / Roger A. McCain, 148 -- 10. Performing arts subsidies and future generations / Laura C. Dobson and Edwin G. West, 151 -- 11. Payola in radio and television broadcasting / R.H. Coase, 160 -- Part III. Demand studies -- 12. Characteristics / W.M. Gorman and G.D. Myles, 223 -- 13. Unbalanced growth and the demand for performing arts: an econometric analysis / Glenn A. Withers, 227 -- 14. The lively arts as substitutes for the lively arts / James H. Gapinski, 235 -- 15. The demand for cinema in the United Kingdom / Samuel Cameron, 241 -- 16. Perception of quality in demand for the theatre / C.D. Throsby, 254 -- 17. Museum visitor surveys: an overview, 1930-1990 / Victoria Dickenson, 272 -- Part IV. Supply: the performing arts -- 18. The production of culture / James H. Gapinski, 285 -- 19. Statistical cost functions for performing arts organizations / Steven Globerman and Sam H. Book, 294 -- 20. The "output" of the london orchestras 1966-75 / Alan Peacock, 298 -- 21. Why are Covent Garden seat prices so high / Mark Blaug, 302 -- 22. Productivity trends in the subsidized performing arts / René Goudriaan and Evert Pommer, 322 -- 23. Art costs and subsidies: the case of Norwegian performing arts / Charles M. Gray, 337 -- Part V. Supply: museums and the heritage -- 24. Unsettled questions in the political economy of the arts / Lord Robbins, 347 -- 25. The economics of museums and galleries / Alan Peacock, Christine Godfrey, 364 -- 26. Cultural economics and museum behaviour / Bruno S. Frey, 376 -- 27. A future for the past: the political economy of heritage / Alan Peacock, 387 -- Part VI. Supply: the media industries -- 28. The economics of broadcasting and government policy / R.H. Coase, 427 -- 29. Making sense of broadcasting finance / Alan Peacock, 435 -- 30. The cultural influence of public television / Glenn A. Withers, 449 -- 31. International regimes for trade, investment, and labour mobility in the cultural industries / Keith Acheson and Christopher J. Maule, 465 -- Part VII. The art market -- 32. On the return of art investment return analyses / Bruno S. Frey and Reiner Eichenberger, 489 -- 33. How auctions work for wine and art / Orley Ashenfelter, 503 -- 34. Auction of works of art / Martin Salamon, 517 -- 35. Analyzing the market of works of contemporary fine arts: an exploratory study / Friederich Schneider and Werner W. Pommerehne, 522 -- 36. Unnatural value: or art investment as floating crap game / William J. Baumol, 549 -- 37. International trade in art: attitudes and behaviour / Bruno S. Frey and Werner W. Pommerehne, 554 -- 38. Art as an investment: the market for modem prints / James E. Pesando, 575 -- 39. The remuneration of artists / Simon Rottenberg, 590 -- Name índex, 595.

VOLUMEN 2 -- Acknowledgements, ix -- An Introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I -- Part I. Economic history of the arts -- 1. On the economics of the theater in renaissance London / Mary I. Oates, William J. Baumol, 3 -- 2. Profession or job? musicians in late nineteenth century Britain / Cyril Ehrlich, 28 -- 3. From princely service to the open market: singers of Italian opera and their patrons, 1600-1850 / John Rosselli, 37 -- 4. Statistical evidence on the economic status of artists and artisans in delft in the 17th century / J .M. Montias, 69 -- 5. The role of Dutch auctions and lotteries in shaping the art market(s) of 17th century Holland / Neil de Marchi, 98 -- 6. On the economics of musical composition in Mozart's Vienna / William J. Baumol and Hilda Baumol, 117 -- 7. The federal communications commission / R.H. Coase, 145 -- Part II. Artists labour markets -- 8. The economics of superstars / Sherwin Rosen, 187 -- 9. Stardom and talent / Moshe Adler, 201 -- 10. The economics of rising stars / Glen M. MacDonald, 206 -- 11. The earnings of singers: an economic analysis / Ruth Towse, 218 -- 12. The starving artist myth or reality? Earnings of artists in the United States / Randall K. Filer, 227 -- 13. Toward a unified theory of the determinants of the earnings of artists / Gregory H. Wassall and Neil O. Alper, 247 -- 14. Artists as workers / David Tbrosby, 261 -- 15. Artists subsidy of the arts / Glenn Withers, 269 -- 16. The incomes of cultural providers: a review of current research / Edward M. McNertney, C. Richard Waits, 275 -- Part III. Baumol's cost disease -- 17. Performing arts / William J. Baumol, 287 -- 18. On finances of the performing arts during stagflation: some recent data / Hilda Baumol and William J. Baumol, 290 -- 19. The mass media and the cost disease / Hilda Baumol and William J. Baumol, 304 -- 20. Measuring the extent of cost inflation / Alan Peacock, Eddie Shoesmith, Geoffrey Millner, 319 -- 21. Long-term adjustments in performing arts expenditures / Samuel Schwarz, 371 -- 22. Do artists suffer from a cost-disease? / Tyler Cowen and Robin Grier, 371 -- Part IV. Non Profit Organizations in the arts -- 23. Nonprofit enterprise in the performing arts / Henry Hansmann, 393 -- 24. Nonprofit versus profit firms in the performing arts / Edwin G. West, 414 -- 25. Nonprofit versus profit-making firms: a comment / James Heilbrun, 425 -- 26. Government grants to nonprofit firms: still searching for the rationale / Edwin G. West, 431 -- 27. Price discrimination in the arts / Bruce A. Seaman, 434 -- 28. Arts and culture / Dick Netzer, 449 -- 29. A comparative institutional analysis in the arts: the theater / Bruno S. Frey, Werner W. Pommerehne, 483 -- Part V. Public subsidy for the arts: why? theoretical arguments -- 30. Welfare economics and public subsidies to the arts / Alan Peacock , 501 -- 31. Public support of the arts: three arguments examined / David Cwi, 514 -- 32. On the Rationale of Public Support to the Arts: Externalities in the Arts Revisited / Hans Abbing, 538 -- 33. Economics, Cultural Values and Cultural Policies / Alan Peacock, 547 -- 34. On justifications for public support of the arts / Don Fullerton, 559 -- Part VI. Public subsidy for the arts: how much? -- 35. What price culture? / David Throsby and Glenn Withers, 577 -- 36. Strategic bias and demand for public goods: theory and an application to the arts / C.D. Throsby and Glenn A. Withers, 611 -- 37. Private demand for public subsidies to the arts: a study in voting and expenditure theory / Friedrich Schneider and Werner W. Pommerehne, 632 -- 38. Subsidies for the performing arts: evidence on voter preference / William G. Morrison and Edwin G. West, 647 -- Part VII. Public subsidy for the arts: how? Means to achieve the ends -- 39. Arts vouchers to replace grants / Edwin G. West, 665 -- 40. Should the arts support themselves? and edwin g. west, rejoinder / William D. Grampp, 669 -- 41. Public promotion of the arts: a survey of means / Werner W. Pommerehne and Bruno S. Frey, 674 -- 42. Achieving public policy objectives in the arts and heritage / Ruth Towse, 697 -- Part VIII. Economic impact of the arts -- 43. Arts impact studies: a fashionable excess / Bruce A. Seaman, 723 -- Name index, 757.