Do artists suffer from a cost-disease?

Rationality and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-24

  Cowen, Tyler ^a,b   Grier, Robin ^c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

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EID: 21344451827     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346396008001001     Document Type: Article

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