This research was conducted by Hanna Nyborg Storm at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
This research looked at the impact of 52 ‘culture houses’ in Norwegian municipalities. These are high-profile anchor institutions which support (and act as the venue for) a mix of art forms. Specifically, the research aimed to find …
This research was conducted by Bruno Bracalentee, and five others at Perugia University, Italy
This paper examines the economic impact of a cultural event: the Umbria Jazz music festival. This study confronts the methodological challenges involved in estimating the number of visitors attracted by an event by using an impact …
This research was conducted by Ruben van Loon and Jan Rouwendal at VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
This paper reports on the expenditure patterns of urban tourists by analysing Amsterdam visitor surveys between 2006 to 2011. The results show that most tourists who visit Amsterdam primarily visit for the city’s …
This research was conducted by Rex LaMore and eight others at Michigan State University, USA
This study examined the artistic experiences of many scientific and technological innovators. Arts education and training can foster one’s ability to innovate – which the authors refer to as 'creative capacity' – in an economically …
This research was conducted by Elizabeth L. McClearn at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
This paper tells the story of what happened in Denver, Colorado after the local population voted to approve a small local sales tax to directly fund the arts. This was a popular move that bolstered the ability …
This research was conducted by Melville Saayman and Andrea Saayman at North-West University, South Africa
This paper examined the economic impact of arts festivals in South Africa and found that the size of the economic impact was related to the size and location of the town hosting the event. This …
This research was conducted by Luis César Herrero, José Ángel Sanz, María Devesa, Ana Bedate and María José del Barrio at the University of Valladolid, Spain
The paper analysed a range of data to calculate the economic impact of the European Capital of Culture coming to Salamanca in the Castilla …
This research was conducted by Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
This paper characterised neighbourhoods in Philadelphia and founds that a concentration of cultural assets can lead to a variety of other benefits. The authors took a range of data from surveys, box-office …