A price index for art market auctions. An application to the Italian market of modern and contemporary oil paintings

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-196

  Candela, G ^a   Scorcu, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Art market; Causality; Cointegration; Price index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242348112     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007442014954     Document Type: Article

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