Valuing the arts: Pitfalls in economic impact studies of arts festivals

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1297-1319

  Snowball, J D ^a   Antrobus, G G ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FESTIVAL; METHODOLOGY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0042768656     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2002.tb00067.x     Document Type: Article

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