How should cultural diversity be measured? An application using the French publishing industry

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-107

  Benhamou, Françoise ^a   Peltier, Stéphanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Books; Cultural diversity; Cultural economics; Diversity; Diversity measures; Publishing industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250840220     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10824-007-9037-8     Document Type: Article

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