Chapter 29 The Economics of Museums

Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1017-1047

  Frey, Bruno S ^a   Meier, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

collection management; commercial activities; museums; pricing; special exhibitions; superstar museums

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049133655     PISSN: 15740676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0676(06)01029-5     Document Type: Review

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