Rockonomics
Subtitle: the economics of popular music
By: Marie Connolly, Alan B. Krueger.
Contributors: Krueger, Alan B.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 11282.; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 11282.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
Subjects: Popular music -- Economic aspects; Rock music -- Economic aspects; Sound recording industry
Description: "This paper considers economic issues and trends in the rock and roll industry, broadly defined.  The analysis focuses on concert revenues, the main source of performers ' income.  Issues considered include: price measurement; concert price acceleration in the 1990s; the increased concentration of revenue among performers; reasons for the secondary ticket market; methods for ranking performers; copyright protection; and technological change"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: "April 2005."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69).

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