Music in the air: estimating the social return to cultural amenities

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 365-391

  Falck, Oliver ^a,b   Fritsch, Michael ^c,d   Heblich, Stephan ^b,e,f,g   Otto, Anne ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d HALLE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f IZA   (Germany)

^g KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural amenities; High skilled workers; Location factor; Productive spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040375938     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10824-017-9310-4     Document Type: Article

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