Chapter 26 Art Auctions

Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 909-945

  Ashenfelter, Orley ^a   Graddy, Kathryn ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

art; asset returns; auctions; price anomalies; price fixing

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049139044     PISSN: 15740676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0676(06)01026-X     Document Type: Review

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