MCPS131 Cultural Economy and Work (3–5 op)

Sisältö

The course provides an overview of cultural economics linked with the cultural sector, cultural industries and cultural policy. The course deals with topics such as the market demand for arts and culture, the status of artists, art and culture as work, creative economy, cultural entrepreneurship, commons, precarization, the determinants of participation in arts and culture, welfare economics, market failures such as externalities and public goods in the cultural sector, the non-market demand for arts and culture, cost-benefit analysis, production, productivity and the earning gap, the value of fine art and the economics of intellectual property.

Suoritustavat

Group work and essay. For 3 ECTS credits the essay assignment is not required.