"Creative Industries" explores the economics of the arts in
exacting detail. With great skill and originality, Caves has
analysed the economic forces operating in music, book publishing,
painting, the theatre and movies.--Winston Fletcher"Times Higher
Education Supplement" (05/04/2001)
[Caves] uses contract and industrial-organization theory to throw
light on how and why the industries producing cultural goods and
services--from literature to film, from rock music to opera--work
as they do...Caves does not engage issues of ideology, nor of the
political or economic importance of the arts, but simply sees the
creative industries as fascinating areas of economic activity which
have been largely neglected by economists...By documenting a wide
range of commercial interactions across the creative industries,
this comprehensive and immensely readable book shows persuasively
that economic theory can help us understand the sheer business of
making art happen.--David Throsby"Times Literary Supplement"
(12/15/2000)
By documenting a wide range of commercial interactions across the
creative industries, this comprehensive and immensely readable book
shows persuasively that economic theory can help us understand the
sheer business of making art happen.--David Throsby "Times Literary
Supplement "
Caves presents an excellent and readable discussion of the
economics and organization of the creative arts industry...Using an
enormous amount of qualitative information, Caves combines the
theory of contracts (a new development) with the economics of
industrial organization to explain institutional arrangements (the
contractual strategies of the market mediators) between artists
(authors, actors, performers) and consumers.--R. A. Miller "CHOICE
"
Creative Industries explores the economics of the arts in exacting
detail. With great skill and originality, Caves has analysed the
economic forces operating in music, book publishing, painting, the
theatre and movies.
ÝCaves¨ uses contract and industrial-organization theory to throw
light on how and why the industries producing cultural goods and
services--from literature to film, from rock music to opera--work
as they do...Caves does not engage issues of ideology, nor of the
political or economic importance of the arts, but simply sees the
creative industries as fascinating areas of economic activity which
have been largely neglected by economists...By documenting a wide
range of commercial interactions across the creative industries,
this comprehensive and immensely readable book shows persuasively
that economic theory can help us understand the sheer business of
making art happen. -- David Throsby "Times Literary Supplement"
(12/15/2000)
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