Ruth Towse
Biographic Data
| ID | 1177314 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Towse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Towse |
| SIGNATURE | TOWSE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bournemouth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8020-7583 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 10 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Natural monopoly, digitisation, platform economics and cultural policy
Teaching Cultural Economics
Cultural economics deals with many aspects of the creative economy including the art market, heritage, live performing arts and cultural industries. Teaching Cultural Economics introduces the range and scope of these subjects through short chapters by experienced teachers who are expert in the topic of their chapters. The guide starts out with chapters on the experience of teaching cultural economics by leading exponents in the field. Chapters th…
Handbook of Cultural Economics, Third Edition
Cultural economics has become well established as a subject of interest for students and teachers of courses ranging from economics to arts administration as well as for policy-makers and practitioners in the creative industries. Digitisation has had a tremendous impact on many areas of the creative economy and the third edition of this popular book fully reflects it.
Dealing with digital: The economic organisation of streamed music
The intervention of digital service providers (DSPs) or platforms, such as Spotify Apple Music and Tidal, that supply streamed music has fundamentally altered the operation of copyright management organisations (CMOs) and the way song-writers and recording artists are paid. Platform economics has emerged from the economic analysis of two- and multi-sided markets, offering new insights into the way business is conducted in the digital sphere and i…
Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics
Written by an internationally renowned expert in the field, Professor Ruth Towse, this book presents a comprehensive yet concise introduction to cultural economics. She covers a broad range of topics in the arts and cultural industries, using the tools of economics to explain their supply and demand, production and consumption.
Economics of the Performing Arts
Now in its second edition, A Textbook of Cultural Economics is an established resource for many courses, including economics of the arts, the cultural and media industries, and the digital creative economy. Authored by Ruth Towse, a widely recognised expert in cultural economics, the book offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview and analysis of the field in the digital era. Written in an accessible style, and with suggestions for further readi…
A Textbook of Cultural Economics
Now in its second edition, A Textbook of Cultural Economics is an established resource for many courses, including economics of the arts, the cultural and media industries, and the digital creative economy. Authored by Ruth Towse, a widely recognised expert in cultural economics, the book offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview and analysis of the field in the digital era. Written in an accessible style, and with suggestions for further readi…
Economics of Artists’ Labour Markets
Now in its second edition, A Textbook of Cultural Economics is an established resource for many courses, including economics of the arts, the cultural and media industries, and the digital creative economy. Authored by Ruth Towse, a widely recognised expert in cultural economics, the book offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview and analysis of the field in the digital era. Written in an accessible style, and with suggestions for further readi…
Handbook on the Digital Creative Economy
Digital technologies have transformed the way many creative works are generated, disseminated and used. They have made cultural products more accessible, challenged established business models and the copyright system, and blurred the boundary between producers and consumers. This unique resource presents an up-to-date overview of academic research on the impact of digitization in the creative sector of the economy.
Cultural Entrepreneurship
The second edition of this widely acclaimed and extensively cited collection of original contributions by specialist authors reflects changes in the field of cultural economics over the last eight years. Thoroughly revised chapters alongside new topics and contributors bring the Handbook up to date, taking into account new research, literature and the impact of new technologies in the creative industries.
A Handbook of Cultural Economics, Second Edition
Creativity, Copyright and the Creative Industries Paradigm: Creativity, Copyright and the Creative Industries Paradigm
The starting point of this article is the paradigm shift in cultural policy from the arts to the broader view of the creative industries that has taken place in many countries, in the European Union and in UN agencies. The emphasis on creative industries as a source of economic growth has highlighted the role of creativity and of copyright as an incentive for it. Little is known, however, about the economics of creativity or what economic incenti…
A Textbook of Cultural Economics
What determines the price of a pop concert or an opera? Why does Hollywood dominate the film industry? Does illegal downloading damage the record industry? Does free entry to museums bring in more visitors? In A Textbook of Cultural Economics, one of the world's leading cultural economists shows how we can use the theories and methods of economics to answer these and a host of other questions concerning the arts (performing arts, visual arts and …
The Internet and the Mass Media
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Internet on media and mediated content industries. It explores and discusses the changes this emergent communications platform is engendering for the media and content industries and the implications of those changes. Its contents are drawn from the findings of a five-year EU sponsored research initiative, the 'Cost A20 Programme on the Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media'. Its a…
Chapter 24 Human Capital and Artists' Labour Markets
Alan Peacock and Cultural Economics
Professor Sir Alan Peacock has worked in cultural economics for over 35 years and he pioneered much of what is now the core subject matter of the field. This paper traces the development of his theoretical work on the economics of the arts, heritage and broadcasting, and shows how it interacted with his role as adviser to and chairman of several prestigious committees in the cultural sector. Copyright 2005 Royal Economic Society
A Handbook of Cultural Economics
A Handbook of Cultural Economics includes over 60 eminently readable and concise articles by 50 expert contributors. This unique Handbook is both highly informative and readable; it covers a wide area of cultural economics and its closely related subjects. While being accessible to any reader with a basic knowledge of economics, it presents a comprehensive study at the fore-front of the field. Of the many subjects discussed, chapters include: Art…
Copyright in the Cultural Industries
Art and the Market: Roger Fry on Commerce in Art – Foreword by Asa Briggs
Journal Article Art and the Market: Roger Fry on Commerce in Art – Foreword by Asa Briggs. Get access By (Craufurd D.) Goodwin. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. Pp. Xii+222. £29.95 Hardback, Us $39.50 Hardback. Isbn 0 472 10902 2.) Ruth Towse Ruth Towse Erasmus University Rotterdam Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 112, Issue 477, February 2002, Pages F151–F153, ht…
Partly for the Money: Rewards and Incentives to Artists
Partly for the Money: Rewards and Incentives to Artists
Copyright and Economic Incentives: An Application to Performers' Rights in the Music Industry
Copyright, risk and the artist: An economic approach to policy for artists
(1999). Copyright, risk and the artist: An economic approach to policy for artists. International Journal of Cultural Policy: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 91-107
The value of performers' rights: An economic approach
New and extended rights for performers have been introduced into UK copyright law as a result of EC Directives. It is widely supposed that they will make performers better off. In this article we attempt to test that assumption by analysing these changes with the focus on the music industry. We discuss the role of collecting societies in implementing these rights, and speculate on the costs of collection, the potential value of the rights and who…
On the Cost Disease and its True Policy Implications for the Arts
Baumol’s Cost Disease is the inevitable escalation of the real costs that occur in labour-intensive industries like the arts, health care and education. The labour costs in these industries tend to increase at the same rate as other industries, but their scope for utilizing labour-saving technical progress is either small or non-existent.
Alan Peacock and Cultural Economics
Professor Sir Alan Peacock has worked in cultural economics for over 35 years and he pioneered much of what is now the core subject matter of the field. This paper traces the development of his theoretical work on the economics of the arts, heritage and broadcasting, and shows how it interacted with his role as adviser to and chairman of several prestigious committees in the cultural sector. Copyright 2005 Royal Economic Society
Dealing with digital: The economic organisation of streamed music
The intervention of digital service providers (DSPs) or platforms, such as Spotify Apple Music and Tidal, that supply streamed music has fundamentally altered the operation of copyright management organisations (CMOs) and the way song-writers and recording artists are paid. Platform economics has emerged from the economic analysis of two- and multi-sided markets, offering new insights into the way business is conducted in the digital sphere and i…
The value of performers' rights: An economic approach
New and extended rights for performers have been introduced into UK copyright law as a result of EC Directives. It is widely supposed that they will make performers better off. In this article we attempt to test that assumption by analysing these changes with the focus on the music industry. We discuss the role of collecting societies in implementing these rights, and speculate on the costs of collection, the potential value of the rights and who…
Copyright, risk and the artist: An economic approach to policy for artists
(1999). Copyright, risk and the artist: An economic approach to policy for artists. International Journal of Cultural Policy: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 91-107
The Current State of the British Economics Profession
Journal Article The Current State of the British Economics Profession Get access Ruth Towse, Ruth Towse London School of Economics, University of London Institute of Education, University of Buckingham, University of Exeter. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mark Blaug Mark Blaug London School of Economics, University of London Institute of Education, University of Buckingham, University of Exeter. Search fo…
The Current State of the British Economics Profession
Journal Article The Current State of the British Economics Profession Get access Ruth Towse, Ruth Towse London School of Economics, University of London Institute of Education, University of Buckingham, University of Exeter. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Mark Blaug Mark Blaug London School of Economics, University of London Institute of Education, University of Buckingham, University of Exeter. Search fo…
Cultural Economics
The Earnings of Singers: An Economic Analysis
Achieving Public Policy Objectives in the Arts and Heritage
Singers in the Market Place: The Economics of the Singing Profession
Part 1 The supply of singers: the provision for training classical singers in Britain the cost of training singers. Part 2 The demand for singers: employment in the market for singers factors affecting the demand for singers. Part 3 The returns to training as a singer: the earnings of singers the returns to training. Appendices: calculation of the rate of return to training in singing the training and employment of singers in Germany
On the Cost Disease and its True Policy Implications for the Arts
Baumol’s Cost Disease is the inevitable escalation of the real costs that occur in labour-intensive industries like the arts, health care and education. The labour costs in these industries tend to increase at the same rate as other industries, but their scope for utilizing labour-saving technical progress is either small or non-existent.
On the Performing Arts: The Anatomy of their Economic Problems
Baumol’s Cost Disease is the inevitable escalation of the real costs that occur in labour-intensive industries like the arts, health care and education. The labour costs in these industries tend to increase at the same rate as other industries, but their scope for utilizing labour-saving technical progress is either small or non-existent.
Baumol’s Cost Disease: The Arts and other Victims
The value of performers' rights: An economic approach
New and extended rights for performers have been introduced into UK copyright law as a result of EC Directives. It is widely supposed that they will make performers better off. In this article we attempt to test that assumption by analysing these changes with the focus on the music industry. We discuss the role of collecting societies in implementing these rights, and speculate on the costs of collection, the potential value of the rights and who…
Copyright and Economic Incentives: An Application to Performers' Rights in the Music Industry
Copyright, risk and the artist: An economic approach to policy for artists
(1999). Copyright, risk and the artist: An economic approach to policy for artists. International Journal of Cultural Policy: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 91-107
Partly for the Money: Rewards and Incentives to Artists
Partly for the Money: Rewards and Incentives to Artists
Copyright in the Cultural Industries
Art and the Market: Roger Fry on Commerce in Art – Foreword by Asa Briggs
Journal Article Art and the Market: Roger Fry on Commerce in Art – Foreword by Asa Briggs. Get access By (Craufurd D.) Goodwin. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. Pp. Xii+222. £29.95 Hardback, Us $39.50 Hardback. Isbn 0 472 10902 2.) Ruth Towse Ruth Towse Erasmus University Rotterdam Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 112, Issue 477, February 2002, Pages F151–F153, ht…
A Handbook of Cultural Economics
A Handbook of Cultural Economics includes over 60 eminently readable and concise articles by 50 expert contributors. This unique Handbook is both highly informative and readable; it covers a wide area of cultural economics and its closely related subjects. While being accessible to any reader with a basic knowledge of economics, it presents a comprehensive study at the fore-front of the field. Of the many subjects discussed, chapters include: Art…
Alan Peacock and Cultural Economics
Professor Sir Alan Peacock has worked in cultural economics for over 35 years and he pioneered much of what is now the core subject matter of the field. This paper traces the development of his theoretical work on the economics of the arts, heritage and broadcasting, and shows how it interacted with his role as adviser to and chairman of several prestigious committees in the cultural sector. Copyright 2005 Royal Economic Society
Chapter 24 Human Capital and Artists' Labour Markets
The Internet and the Mass Media
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Internet on media and mediated content industries. It explores and discusses the changes this emergent communications platform is engendering for the media and content industries and the implications of those changes. Its contents are drawn from the findings of a five-year EU sponsored research initiative, the 'Cost A20 Programme on the Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media'. Its a…
Creativity, Copyright and the Creative Industries Paradigm: Creativity, Copyright and the Creative Industries Paradigm
The starting point of this article is the paradigm shift in cultural policy from the arts to the broader view of the creative industries that has taken place in many countries, in the European Union and in UN agencies. The emphasis on creative industries as a source of economic growth has highlighted the role of creativity and of copyright as an incentive for it. Little is known, however, about the economics of creativity or what economic incenti…
A Textbook of Cultural Economics
What determines the price of a pop concert or an opera? Why does Hollywood dominate the film industry? Does illegal downloading damage the record industry? Does free entry to museums bring in more visitors? In A Textbook of Cultural Economics, one of the world's leading cultural economists shows how we can use the theories and methods of economics to answer these and a host of other questions concerning the arts (performing arts, visual arts and …
Cultural Entrepreneurship
The second edition of this widely acclaimed and extensively cited collection of original contributions by specialist authors reflects changes in the field of cultural economics over the last eight years. Thoroughly revised chapters alongside new topics and contributors bring the Handbook up to date, taking into account new research, literature and the impact of new technologies in the creative industries.
A Handbook of Cultural Economics, Second Edition
Handbook on the Digital Creative Economy
Digital technologies have transformed the way many creative works are generated, disseminated and used. They have made cultural products more accessible, challenged established business models and the copyright system, and blurred the boundary between producers and consumers. This unique resource presents an up-to-date overview of academic research on the impact of digitization in the creative sector of the economy.
Advanced Introduction to Cultural Economics
Written by an internationally renowned expert in the field, Professor Ruth Towse, this book presents a comprehensive yet concise introduction to cultural economics. She covers a broad range of topics in the arts and cultural industries, using the tools of economics to explain their supply and demand, production and consumption.
Cultural Industries and Urban Development (27 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Art History and Market Analysis (16 works) · Political science (14 works) · Economics (13 works) · Art (11 works) · The arts (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Visual arts (10 works) · Business (8 works)