Patronage and market in the creation of opera before the institution of intellectual property

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-45

  King, Timothy ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Finance; Opera; Patronage; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004963038     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007670619720     Document Type: Article

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