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on Cultural Economics |
| By: | Heng, Stefan |
| Abstract: | The advance of innovative information and communication technologies has triggered a fundamental upheaval in the media industry. The technology is reforming the conventional media model. The media mix will become more varied; interactive and personalised offers are taking root and finding their ideal milieu on the web. Newspapers, radio stations and TV broadcasters will have to reposition themselves if they want to remain attractive in the media industry with the arrival of the Web 2.0. This will include seeking new distribution channels and considering e.g. pay-per-view programming and innovative forms of advertising. |
| Keywords: | Information and communications technology; ICT; TV; Radio; Newspaper; media portal; Internet; Web 2.0; broadband; convergence; triple play |
| JEL: | O33 O34 O14 L82 L86 K23 L88 H41 |
| Date: | 2006–10–16 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:3250&r=cul |
| By: | Oxoby, Robert |
| Abstract: | We explore the effects of listening to the music of AC/DC in a simple bargaining environment. |
| Keywords: | bargaining; reciprocity; music; experiments |
| JEL: | Z19 C91 |
| Date: | 2007–05–07 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:3196&r=cul |
| By: | Behringer, Stefan |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates the alleged predatory behaviour in the UK quality newspaper industry in the 1990s using a horizontal differentiation model and industry data. |
| Keywords: | Two-Sided Markets; Predation; Newspapers |
| JEL: | D43 L41 L12 |
| Date: | 2007–02–12 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:3242&r=cul |
| By: | Giacomo Corneo (Free University of Berlin, CEPR, CESifo and IZA); Olivier Jeanne (International Monetary Fund and CEPR) |
| Abstract: | Channeling human resources into the right occupations has historically been a key to economic prosperity. Occupational choices are not only driven by the material rewards associated with the various occupations, but also by the esteem that they confer. We propose a model of endogenous growth in which occupations carry a symbolic value that makes them more or less attractive; the evolution of symbolic values is endogenous and determined by purposive transmission of value systems within families. The model sheds light on the interaction between cultural and economic development and identifies circumstances under which value systems matter for long-run growth. It shows the possibility of culturally determined poverty traps and offers a framework for thinking about the transition from traditional to modern values. |
| Keywords: | symbolic values, occupational choice, economic development, long-run growth |
| JEL: | D1 O1 |
| Date: | 2007–04 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2763&r=cul |