Introduction

Authors: Towse, R. and Hernández, T.N.

Pages: 1-8

DOI: 10.4337/9781788975803.00006

Abstract:

Over the past sixty or so years, cultural economics has established itself as a field of study that is relevant to arts organisations, creative industries, cultural policy and, increasingly, to economic policy for growth and development. It began modestly in the 1960s with an interest in the economic analysis of the finance of museums and the live performing arts, and has spread and evolved into a broader analysis of the cultural or creative industries and their role in the creative economy.

Source: Scopus