Cultural Economics
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چکیده
The two terms “culture” and “economics” can be related in two quite different ways: The first approach is to study the relationship between two different sectors or spheres of society; the second approach is to study the arts with the help of economic analysis. The concept of “culture” as an institution or as an organization supplying artistic services used in the Economics of Art differs fundamentally from the concept that understands “culture” as an attitude or as a way of behaving used in the other papers in this collection. In order to illuminate the way the Economics of Art approaches a subject, the case of art museums is sketched.
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