Publications since 2000

Accepted for publication in 2012:

Throsby, David (2012), ‘Why should economists be interested in cultural policy?’ Economic Record, (forthcoming).

Boyle, Stephen and David Throsby (2012) ‘Corporatisation, economic efficiency and the Australian symphony orchestras’, Economic Papers, 31(1), (forthcoming).

Throsby, David (2012), ‘Artistic labour markets: Why are they of interest to labour economists?’ Economia della Cultura, (forthcoming).

Throsby, David (2012), ‘Sustainability and the Cultural Diversity Convention : Origins and implications of Article 13’, in Sabine Schorlemer (ed.), Commentaries on the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. London : Sage (forthcoming).

Throsby, David (2012), ‘Assessment of value in heritage regulation’ in Anna Mignosa and Ilde Rizzo (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Heritage, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, (forthcoming).

2011

Throsby, David (2011), ‘The Political Economy of Art:  Ruskin and contemporary cultural economics’, History of Political Economy, 43(2): 275-294.

Throsby, David and Anita Zednik (2011), ‘Multiple job-holding and artistic careers: some empirical evidence’, Cultural Trends, 20(1): 9-24.

Huang, Sterling and David Throsby (2011), ‘Economic, political and social determinants of peace’, Economics of Peace and Security Journal  6(2): 5-14.

Bakhshi, Hasan and David Throsby (2011), ‘New technologies in cultural institutions : Theory, evidence and policy implications ‘,International Journal of Cultural Policy. DOI:10.1080/10286632.2011.587878

Throsby, David (2011), ‘Cultural capital’ in Ruth Towse ed. Handbook of Cultural Economics, 2nd edn. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 142-146.

Throsby, David (2011), ‘Cultural statistics’ in Ruth Towse ed. Handbook of Cultural Economics, 2nd edn. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.158-165.

Throsby, David (2011), ), ‘Cultura, economìa y desarrollo sustentable’ (Culture, the economy and sustainable development). In Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Cultura: Opportunidad de Desarrollo, Santiago: Publicaciones Cultura, pp. 10-19 (in Spanish).

Throsby, David (2011), ‘Fazer arte, fazer dinheiro: o que nos podem dizer os economistas sobre o teatro? (Making art, making money: What can economics tell us about the theatre?) in Francesca Rayner et al. (eds.), Teatro e economia: desafios em tempo de crise. Lisboa : Teatro Nacional D. Maria II : Bicho do Mato (in Portuguese).

Throsby, David (2011), ‘The contribution of culture to Europe 2020 : Some key issues’, in The Contribution of Culture to the Implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, Budapest : Kulturpont Iroda, pp. 15-17.

Throsby, David (2011), ‘Assemblage of idiots’. Review of Johns, Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates. In Australian Book Review  No. 328, February, pp. 19-20.

Throsby, David (2011), ‘The interpersonal market’, Review of Zelizer, Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the Economy.  In Times Literary Supplement, No. 5667, 11 November, p. 28.

Throsby, David (2011), ‘How are the arts to be valued?’ NAVA Quarterly, 11(4): 6.

Throsby, David (2011), Review of Galenson, Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth Century Art.  In Journal of Economic History, 71(1): 258-259.

2010

*Throsby, David (2010), The Economics of Cultural Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 978-0-521-86825-9 (hb), 978-0-521-68784-3 (pb), 277 pp.

Throsby, David (2010), Ekonomia i Kultura (Polish edition of Economics and Culture), Warsaw: Narodowe Centrum Kultury. ISBN 978-83-61587-36-1, 182 pp.

*Throsby David, (2010) ‘Economic analysis of artists’ behaviour: some current issues’, Revue d’Economie Politique, 120(1): 47-56.

*Throsby, David, (2010), ‘Review essay: Richard A. Etlin, In Defense of Humanism: Value in the Arts and Letters (Cambridge, 1996)’, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 16(1):84-85.

Throsby, David (2010), ‘Long running’, Review of Clarke, Keynes: the Twentieth Century’s Most Influential Economist, and Pecchi and Piga, Revisiting Keynes: Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren, in Times Literary Supplement, No. 5580, March 12, p. 28.

Bakhshi, Hasan, Juan Mateos-Garcia and David Throsby (2010), Beyond Live : Digital Innovation in the Performing Arts. London : National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), 11 pp.

Bakhshi, Hasan and David Throsby (2010), Culture of Innovation: An Economic Analysis of Innovation in Arts and Cultural Organisations. London : National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), 89 pp.

Throsby, David and Anita Zednik (2010), Do You Really Expect to Get Paid ? An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia. Sydney : Australia Council. ISBN : 978-1-920784-56-0, 144 pp.

Throsby, David (2010), ‘Economic analysis of architectural heritage : What can economics tell us ?’ in Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Architecture Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Development, Tianjin : Tianjin University Press, pp. 3-4.

2009

*Throsby, David (2009) ‘Explicit and implicit cultural policy: some economic aspects’, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 15(2): 179-185.

*Throsby, David (2009) ‘Tourism, heritage and cultural sustainability: three golden rules’, in Luigi Fusco Girard and Peter Nijkamp, eds. Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Local Development, London: Ashgate, pp. 13-30.

Throsby, David (2009), The Evolution of Cultural Policy : Towards a New Cultural Policy Profile, (Research paper prepared for Culture Division, UNESCO, Paris, March 2009), 18 pp.

Throsby, David (2009), Towards a New Cultural Policy Profile : Global Synthesis, (Background paper prepared for Expert Meeting on the New Cultural Policy Framework, UNESCO, Paris, 6-8 July, 2009), 28 pp.

Throsby, David (2009), ‘Cultural networking in the twenty-first century : Some priority areas for research and information exchange’, in Proceedings of an International Conference on Cultural Development and Information Networking, Seoul, Korea, 4 November 2009, pp. 5-10.

Throsby, David (2009), ‘Distinctive voices of local identity affirmed by global treaty’ The Australian, 1 October, p. 15.

Throsby, David (2009), ‘Arts, culture and creative ecologies : the economists’ perspective’, Proceedings of the Forum for Creative Europe, Prague, 2009.Prague : Czech Ministry of Culture, pp. 28-30.

2008

*Hutter, Michael and David Throsby (eds) (2008), Beyond Price: Value in Culture, Economics, and the Arts. New York: Cambridge University Press.

*Throsby, David (2008), ‘The concentric circles model of the cultural industries’, Cultural Trends, 17(3):147–164.

*Throsby, David (2008), ‘Linking cultural and ecological sustainability’, The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 8(1): 15–20.

*Throsby, David (2008), ‘Modelling the cultural industries’, International Journal of Cultural Policy, 14(3): 217–232.

*Throsby, David (2008), ‘A new “moment” for cultural policy’, in Lisa Andersen and Kate Oakley (eds.), Making Money, Making Meaning: Directions for the Arts and Cultural Industries in the Creative Age, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

*Throsby, David (2008), ‘Globalization and the cultural economy: a crisis of value?’, in Helmut Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar (eds.), The Cultural Economy. Cultures and Globalization Series Vol. II., 29–41, London: Sage.

*Throsby, David (2008) ‘Arts, economics of ‘, in New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics London: Palgrave-Macmillan.

*Hutter, Michael and David Throsby (2008) ‘Value and valuation in art and culture: introduction and overview’, in Michael Hutter and David Throsby (eds.), Beyond Price: Value in Culture Economics, and the Arts, 1–19, New York: Cambridge University Press.

*Throsby, David (2008), ‘The creation of value by artists: The case of Hector Berlioz and the Symphonie Fantastique’, in Hutter and Throsby, eds., op. cit., 75–88.

*Throsby, David (2008), Creative Australia: The Arts and Culture in Australian Work and Leisure, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Occasional Paper 3/2008.

Throsby, David, (2008), ‘Vulnerability and threat: Insights for the future implementation of Art. 8’, Information Document, Diversity of Cultural Expressions, Paris: UNESCO.

Throsby, David, (2008), ‘Culture in sustainable development: Insights for the future implementation of Art. 13’, Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, Paris: UNESCO.

Throsby, David (2008) ‘About Digital cultural goods’, interviewed by Yann Nicholas for Communications & Strategies, no. 71, 3rd quarter 2008: 139–142

Throsby, David (2008), ‘Culture and development—making the connection’, Commonwealth People, London: Commonwealth Foundation.

Throsby, David (2008), ‘Economics and cultural capital’, in M. Nadarajah and Ann Tomoko Yamamoto (eds.), Urban Crisis: Culture and the Sustainability of Cities conference proceedings, Tokyo: United Nations University Press.

*Throsby, David (2008), ‘The value of heritage’, Proceedings of Heritage Economics Workshop Canberra, 11-12 October 2007, Canberra: Department of Water, Heritage and the Arts.

Throsby, David (2008), ‘Opposition by numbers’ Review of Kornai, By Force of Thought, and Samuelson and Barnett (eds), Inside the Economist’s Mind, appearing in Times Literary Supplement, No. 5471, 8 February, p. 30.

Throsby, David (2008), Review of Golvan, Copyright Law and Practice, appearing in Australian Book Review, January.Throsby, David (2008) ‘A truce in the culture wars?’ Sydney Morning Herald, 26 April.

2007

*Throsby, David (2007) ‘Regional aspects of heritage economics: analytical issues and policy application,’ in Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 13(1): 21–30.

*Throsby, David (2007) ‘Preferred work patterns of creative artists’ Journal of Economics and Finance, 31(3): 395–402.

*Throsby, David (2007), ‘Change and challenge: two decades in the economics of art and culture’, Economia della Cultura, 4/2007:399–408.

*Throsby, David (2007), ‘Global convergence and the challenges to cultural policy’, Review of Cultural Economics, 10(2): 3–14.

Throsby, David and Anita Zednik (2007), Employment and Output for the Cultural Industries, Macquarie Economics Research Paper 5/2007, Macquarie University.

Throsby, David (2007) Interviewed by Kevin Finn, published in Open Manifesto: Some Thoughts on Graphic Design (3) Finn Creative.

*Throsby, David (2007), ‘La economia y la cultura: un encuentro busca de soluciones’, in Carlos M. M. Elia and Hector Schargorodsky (eds.), Economia de la Cultura conference, Sept 2004, Buenos Aires.

Throsby, David, (2007) Review of Coyle, The Soulful Science, appearing in Times Literary Supplement  7 September.

Throsby, David, (2007) Review of Nelson Economics for Humans, and Foley Adam’s Fallacy, appearing in Times Literary Supplement  23 March.

Throsby, David (2007), ‘Culture, politics and policies: the case of the cultural industries’ Proceedings of a Conference ‘Culture, Politics and Policies’ held in Lille, 15-17 March 2007. Lille: Institut International Erasme, Université Charles de Gaulle Lille, and CNRS

2006

*Ginsburgh, Victor A. and David Throsby (eds) (2006), Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture Vol. 1. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland.

*Throsby, David (2006), Does Australia Need a Cultural Policy? Platform Papers No. 7, Sydney: Currency House Inc.

*Jeffri, Joan and David Throsby (2006), 'Life after dance: career transition of professional dancers,' International Journal of Arts Management 8(3). 54–63.

*Throsby, David (2006) ‘An artistic production function: Theory and an application to Australian visual artists’, Journal of Cultural Economics, 30(1): 1–14.

*Throsby, David (2006), ‘Introduction and overview’, in Victor A. Ginsburgh and David Throsby (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, 33–22. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland.

*Bryant, William D.A. and David Throsby (2006), 'Creativity and the behavior of artists', in Victor A. Ginsburgh and David Throsby (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, 508–529. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland.

*Rizzo, Ilde and David Throsby (2006), 'Cultural heritage: economic analysis and public policy', in Victor A. Ginsburgh and David Throsby (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, 984–1016. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland.

*Throsby, David (2006), ‘The economics of the creative city: iconic architecture and the urban experience’, in Robert Freestone, Bill Randolph and Caroline Butler-Bowdon (eds.), Talking about Sydney: Population, Community and Culture in Contemporary Sydney, Sydney: University of NSW Press, pp.149-162.

*Throsby, David (2006) ‘Paying for the Past: Economics, Cultural Heritage and Public Policy’ The University of Adelaide Joseph Fisher Lecture, 16 August 2006.

*Throsby, David (2006), ‘The value of cultural heritage: what can economics tell us?’, in Kate Clark, ed., Capturing the Public Value of Heritage. The Proceedings of the London Conference 25–26 January. London: English Heritage, pp. 40–43.

*Throsby, David (2006), ‘Economic aspects of arts education’, invited paper given at World Conference on Arts Education, Building Creative Capacities for the 21st Century, Lisbon, Portugal, 7 March. Published at: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/es/file_download.php/93ed02cc5fb1c52daaa5f15cad4483d3David+Throsby.pdf

Throsby, David (2006), Review of Schabas The Natural Origins of Economics, appearing in Times Literary Supplement,

2005

*Throsby, David (2005), 'Resources and conflict in the Asia Pacific region: a Symposium.' Pacific Economic Bulletin. 20(1): 178–180

Throsby, David (2005) On the Sustainability of Cultural Capital, Macquarie Economics Research Paper 10/2005, Macquarie University.

*Throsby, David and Virginia Hollister (2005), Moving On: Career Transition of Professional Dancers in Australia, Braddon: Ausdance.

*Throsby, David, (2005), 'Cultural heritage as financial asset in strategies for urban development and poverty alleviation'. Life in the Urban Landscape, International Conference for Integrating Urban Knowledge and Practice, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 29–June 3. Published at: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/85957 

Throsby, David. (2005), ‘Linking cultural and economic sustainability’. A paper delivered to the international conference Transformations: Culture and the Environment in Human Development. Australia: Australian National University, Canberra.

Throsby, David (2005), Review of Myer Report on the Visual Arts, ‘Moment of change’ Art MonthlyThrosby, David (2005), Review of Harrison ed. Pacific Island Tourism appearing in Pacific Economic Bulletin 20(1):

2004

*Throsby, David (2004), 'Assessing the impacts of a cultural industry.' Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society 34 (3): 188–204.

*Throsby, David (2004), 'Sweetness and light? Cultural diversity in the contemporary global economy', in Rosemary Bechler (ed.), Cultural Diversity; 40–53. London: British Council.

*Throsby, David (2004), 'On conflicts and synergies: problems and possibilities in the relationship between economics and culture', in Jackson Lears and Jens Van Scherpenberg (eds.), Cultures of Economy – Economics of Culture, 5–13. Heidelberg: Universitatsverlag Winter.

*Throsby, David (2004) Dance in Australia: a Profile, Braddon: Ausdance.Baumol, William, Joan Jeffri and David Throsby, (2004), Making Changes: Report of the aDvANCE Research Project on the Transition of Professional Dancers. New York: Research Centre for Arts and Culture, Columbia University.

Throsby, David, (2004), 'Valuing the Arts'. Sydney: National Association for the Visual Arts.

Throsby, David (2004), Review of Abbing, Why Are Artists Poor? The Exceptional Economy of the Arts, appearing in Journal of Cultural Economics

2003

*Throsby, David (2003), 'Cultural capital, cultural policy and globalisation.' Review of Cultural Economics 6 (1): 3–12 (Korean Journal).

*Throsby, David (2003), 'Determining the value of cultural goods:  how much (or how little) does contingent valuation tell us?' Journal of Cultural Economics 27 (3–4): 275–285.

*Throsby, David (2003), 'Cultural capital', in Ruth Towse (ed.), A Handbook of Cultural Economics; 166–169. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

*Throsby, David, (2003), 'Cultural sustainability', in Ruth Towse (ed.), A Handbook of Cultural Economics, 183–186. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

*Throsby, David and Virginia Hollister (2003), Don’t Give Up Your Day Job, Sydney: Australia Council.

*Throsby, David (2003) ‘Does the Australian Government Have a Cultural Policy?’ Dialogue, Academy of the Social Sciences.

*Throsby, David, (2003), 'The cultural workforce:  Issues of definition and measurement'. in Serge Bernier and Denise Lievesley, eds., Proceedings of the International Symposium on Culture Statistics, Montreal, 21–23 October, (Quebec: UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Institut de la Statistique du Quebec).

Throsby, David, (2003), 'The cultural industries in the new economy'. in Shifting Foundations: The Collected Papers of the Designing Futures Forum, Perth: Craftwest, pp. 37–41.

*Throsby, David, (2003), 'Sustainability in the conservation of the built environment:  An economist's perspective', in Jeanne Marie Teutonico and Frank G. Matero, eds., Managing Change: Sustainable Approaches to the Conservation of the Built Environment, (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute), pp. 3–10.

Throsby, David (2003), Review of Towse, Creativity, Incentive and Reward: An Economic Analysis of Copyright and Culture in the Information Age, appearing in Journal of Economic Literature, 41(2): 613-614.

Throsby, David (2003), Review of Levy, How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics, appearing in Times Literary Supplement.

2002

*Throsby, David (2002), 'On cultural policy: where we've been and where we're going.' Japan Journal of Cultural Economics 3: 1–10.

*Throsby, David (2002), 'Cultural capital and sustainability concepts in the economics of cultural heritage', in Marta de la Torre (ed.), Assessing the Values of Cultural Heritage, 101–117. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.

Throsby, David, (2002), 'Modelling the cultural industries: new concepts and their policy implications'. Wellington, NZ: Second International Conference on Cultural Policy Research. 23–26 January.

2001

*Throsby, David, (2001), Economics and Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 208 pp. ISBN 052158406 X (hardback), 0521586399 (paperback); Spanish edition, Economía y Cultura (Madrid: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 223 pp. ISBN 8483232197; Japanese edition, (Tokyo, Nikkei press, 2001), 320 pp. ISBN 4532350050; Chinese edition - complex characters (Taipei: Art and Collection Co. Ltd., 2003), 217 pp. ISBN 9572895834; Korean edition (Seoul: Hanulbooks, 2004), 270 pp. ISBN 89-460-3291-X; Chinese edition - simplified characters (Beijing: Renmin University Press, 2005); Italian edition Economia e Cultura (Bologna: Il Mulino, 2005) 267 pp. ISBN 88-15-10287-6; Polish edition, Ekonomia i Kultura, (Warsaw: Narodowe Centrum Kultury, 2010), 182 pp. ISBN 978-83-61587-36-1;  Russian edition forthcoming.

*Throsby, David (2001), 'The Kiribati economy: performance and prospects.' Pacific Economic Bulletin 16 (1): 1–18.

*Throsby, David (2001), 'Capitale culturale e identità urbana.' Economia della Cultura 11 (2): 159–1.

*Throsby, David (2001), 'Defining the artistic workforce: the Australian experience.' Poetics 28 (4): 255–271.

*Throsby, David and Glenn A. Withers (2001), 'Individual preferences and the demand for military expenditure.' Defence and Peace Economics 12: 87–102.

*Throsby, David (2001), 'The economics of creativity: economic and cultural value in the working lives of creative artists', in S. Janssen, M. Halbertsma, T. Ijdens and K. Ernst (eds.), Trends and Strategies in the Arts and Cultural Industries, 323–329. Rotterdam: Barjesteh.

*Throsby, David (2001), 'The environment, sustainable development and the Australian economy', in John Nieuwenhuysen, Peter Lloyd and Margaret Mead (eds.), Reshaping Australia's Economy: Growth with Equity and Sustainability; 111–129. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.

*Throsby, David (2001), 'Public funding of the arts–1900 to 2000', in Dennis Trewin (ed.), 2001 Yearbook Australia, 548–561. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Throsby, David, (2001), 'Conceptualising heritage as cultural capital', in Australian Heritage Commission, Heritage Economics: Challenges for Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century, (Proceedings of a Conference held in Canberra, 4 July 2001), pp. 6–13.

Throsby, David (2001), 'Economic values and the live performing arts', in Rachel Fensham, ed., Globalisation and the Live Performing Arts; 39–42. Monash University: Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies.

Throsby, David (2001), ‘Still filthy’ Times Literary Supplement  [Details to be added]

Throsby, David (2001), ‘Worth more than money’ Times Literary Supplement  [Details to be added].

2000

*Klamer, Arjo and David Throsby (2000), ‘Paying for the past: the economics of cultural heritage’, Cultural Diversity, Conflict and Pluralism (World Culture Report), Paris:UNESCO pp. 130–145.

*Throsby, David (2000), ‘Globalisation and the live performing arts’, Meanjin, 59(4): 170–174.Throsby, David (2000), ‘Cultural capital in a globalising world’, in Cultural Industries in the Information Age, (Proceedings of an International Conference organised by the Korean Association for Cultural Economics and the Korean Business Council for the Arts, Seoul, 27 October): 9-21.

*Throsby, David (2000), ‘Economic and cultural value in the work of creative artists’, in Erica Avrami et al. (eds.), Values and Heritage Conservation.  Los Angeles:  Getty Conservation Institute:  26-31.

*Throsby, David (2000), ‘The economic dimensions of culture:  an analytic perspective’, in James D. Wolfensohn et al. (eds.), Culture Counts:  Financing, Resources, and the Economics of Culture in Sustainable Development.  Washington, DC:  World Bank:  38-41.

*Throsby, David (2000), ‘Economic rationalism:  then and now’, in David Williamson, The Great Man.  Sydney:  Currency Press:  1-3.

*Throsby, David (2000), ‘Cultural Heritage in the new economic environment’, in Christine Debono (ed.) The National Trust into the New Millennium. Canberra:  Australian Council of National Trusts:  130-145.