Arts, Sciences, and Economics A Historical Safari /

• Main Author: Puu, Tönu (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Arts.; Cultural heritage.; Mathematics.; Social sciences.; Statistical physics.; Economics.; Management science.; Culture - Economic aspects.; Economics, general.; Cultural Economics.; Cultural Heritage.; Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.; Nonlinear Dynamics.

This book deals with the economic aspects of changing attitudes in arts and sciences. The effects of the public good character of culture, along with the very long production period and lifetime for its products, are emphasized, since both contribute to the failure of normal market solutions. Embodi...