Economics 191AC Economics of the Arts and Culture
Spring 2012
REQUIRED READINGS
Class 1
Heilbrun
& Gray Chs 1 & 2 (suggested, not required)
Class 2
Class 3
Heilbrun
& Gray Ch.5 (just focus on the main concepts)
Class 4
Caves Ch.14
“Covering high fixed costs”
Richter “The nonprofit
motive”
Class 5
Heilbrun & Gray, Ch.7—2 copies on reserve at
UCSB Main Library
Class 6
Caves Ch.6
“Contracts for creative products”
Caves Ch.8
“Nurture of ten-ton turkeys”
Caves Ch.9
“Creative products go to market: books
and records”
Class 7
Class 8
Heilbrun & Gray, Ch.9—2 copies on reserve at
UCSB Main Library
Caves Ch.2
“Artists and dealers”
Class 9
Heilbrun & Gray, Ch.10—2 copies on reserve at
UCSB Main Library
Class 10– No
readings: MIDTERM
Class 11
American
Assembly “The arts and the public purpose”
Class 12
Heilbrun & Gray, Ch.12
Heilbrun & Gray, Ch. 13
Class 13
O’Hare and Feld
“Indirect aid to the arts”
Grantmakers in the
Arts “Arts funding in the current economy”
Class 14
Stynes
“Guidelines for measuring visitor spending”
LAECD-Otis “Creative
economy of Los Angeles”
Class 15
Seaman
“Supply constraint problem economic impact analysis”
Class 16
Thompson et
al “CV approach to valuing the arts”
Brooks
“Are culture wars inevitable?”
Class 17-
Memorial Day Holiday
Class 18
TBD
Class 19 –
Class Project Presentations
Class 20 –
Class Project Presentations