List of Publications

Recent publications

Forthcoming
'Copyright and Cultural Policy for the Creative Industries' in ed. Ove Granstrand Economics, Law and Intellectual Property. To be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.
'Economics and Copyright in the Music Industry' Simon Frith and Lee Marshall Music and Copyright 2nd edition, University of Edinburgh Press.

2003

Edited Books
A Handbook of Cultural Economics Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA. ISBN 1 84064 388 2

Chapters in Books
Introduction, 'Cultural Industries' and 'Opera' in R. Towse (ed) A Handbook of Cultural Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA; 1-14; 170-6; 342-8.

'Copyright Policy, Cultural Policy and Support for Artists' in Watt, R. and Gordon,W. (eds) The Economics of Copyright Developments in Research and Analysis, Edward Elgar Publishing; 63-74. ISBN 1 84376 263 3.

2002

Edited Books

The Political Economy of the Heritage: a Case Study of Sicily, Edward Elgar Publishing. With Ilde Rizzo.

Copyright in the Cultural Industries, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Economics of Intellectual Property Rights, 4 Vols. in the Edward Elgar International
Library of Critical Writings in Economics. With Rudi Holzhauer.

Chapters in books

"Cultural Economics, Copyright and the Cultural Industries" in eds. Ernst, Halbertsma, Janssen and Ijdens The Long Run, Barjesteh and co. Rotterdam.

“Cultural Economy of Heritage” in eds Rizzo, I. and Towse, R. The Political Economy of the Heritage: a Case Study of Sicily, Edward Elgar Publishing; pp. 3-19.

2001

Book

Creativity, Incentive and Reward: an economic analysis of copyright and culture in the information age, Edward Elgar Publishing. 174+viii.

"Cultural Economics, Copyright and the Cultural Industries" Society and Economy in Central and Eastern Europe XXII,4;107-134.

"Sterker auteursrecht niet zinvoll" (Economisch Statistische Berichten) nr 4307; 21-22.

"Partly for the Money: Rewards and Incentives to Artists", KYKLOS, 54, 2/3; 473 - 490.

“Quis custodiet? or Managing the Management: the case of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden”, International Journal of Arts Management, 3,3;38 - 50.

2000
Articles in journals

“Copyright, Risk and Artists" International Journal of Cultural Policy, 6,1: 91-107.

Book Review

The Economic Journal Keith Acheson and Christopher Maule Much Ado About Culture North American Trade Disputes Book Review of Much Ado about Culture
Date Book Note Published: 3/30/00

1999
Articles in journals

"Copyright, Incentives and Performers' Earnings" KYKLOS, 52,3;369-390. Click here for Abstract

“Copyright as an Economic Incentive”, Copyright Reporter, 17,1; 15-26. Click here for Abstract

“Artists’ Earnings from Copyright and Related Rights” Cultural Economics (Journal of the Japan ACE), 1,3; 5-8.

Chapter in book

“Incentivi e redditi degli artisti derivanti dal diritto d'autore e dai diritti connessi
nell'industria musicale” in (eds)Ramello, G. and Silva, F. Dal vinile a Internet , Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, Torino;229-251.

Book Review

Cowen In Praise of Commercial Culture and O'Hagan TheState and the Arts for the Economic Journal.

1998
Articles in Journals

(with Taylor, M.) “The Value of Performers’ Rights: An Economic Analysis”, Media, Culture and Society, 20:4; 631-652. Click here for Abstract

“Collecting Music Royalties” Economic Review, 16;2, November; 4-7.

Chapters in Books

“Artists’ Earnings from Copyright and Related Rights” in Heikkinen, M. and Koskinen, T. (eds.) Economics of Artists and Arts Policy, Arts Council of Finland, Helsinki, 203-215.

Reports

(with Edward Birch and Charles Jackson) Fitness for Purpose Report Dance, Drama and Stage Management: an examination of industry needs and the relationship with the current provision of training, Arts Council of England, London.

1997

Books

Ruth Towse (ed.), Cultural Economics: the Arts, the Heritage and the Media Industries, 2 Vols. Edward Elgar International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, Edward Elgar, Aldershot 900+x.

Ruth Towse (ed.), Baumol’s Cost Disease: The Arts and other Victims, Edward Elgar, Aldershot 564+xii.

Chapters in Books

“Copyright as an Economic Incentive” in Macqueen, H. and Main, B. (eds) Innovation, Incentive and Reward: Intellectual Property Law and Policy, Edinburgh University Press, Hume Papers on Public Policy: Vol. 5, No. 3, 32-45, and to be reprinted in Frith, S. (ed) Music and Copyright 2nd ed. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.

“The Earnings of Singers: An Economic Analysis” in Towse, R (ed) Cultural Economics: the Arts, the Heritage and the Media Industries, II, chapter 11, 218-226.

“Achieving Public Policy Objectives in the Arts” in Towse op. cit chapter 42, 697-719.

Conference Papers

“Copyright Incentives and Performers’ Earnings in the UK Music Industry” paper commissioned by the Agnelli Foundation and presented at the Salone della Musica conference on piracy in Turin and at the University of Turin.

Articles in Journals

“Communication: The Monopolies and Mergers Commission’s Investigation of the UK Music Market”, Journal of Cultural Economics vol. 21, no. 2, 147-151.

Book Review

Culture As Commodity? by Casey, Dunlop and Selwood, Journal of Cultural Economics,
vol. 21, no. 4, 355-360.

1996

Chapters in Books

“Economics of Training Artists” in Ginsburgh, V. and Menger, P.M. (eds.) Economics of the Arts: Essays, North Holland, Amsterdam, 303-329.

“Market Value and Artists’ Earnings” in Klamer, A. (ed.) Cultural Economics and Cultural Value, North Holland/University of Michigan, Amsterdam/Michigan, 96-107.

Articles in Journals

“Comments on David Throsby’s Paper” Journal of Cultural Economics, 20, 3, 245-7.

Reports

The Economics of Artists’ Labour Markets, Arts Council of England, Discussion Paper No 3, Arts Council, London, 58 pages.

Conference Papers

“Regulation and Cultural Economics”: Paper presented at the 9th International Congress on Cultural Economics, Boston.

1995

Conference Papers

(with David Throsby), “On Labour Markets in the Arts: Some Unsolved problems”: paper presented at the American Economic Association meeting, Boston.

1994

Chapters in Books

"Achieving Public Policy Objectives for the Arts and Heritage" in Peacock, A. and Rizzo, I. (eds.) Cultural Economics and Cultural Policies, Kluwer, Dordrecht, p.143-165.

Conference Papers

“Protection of Artists’ Property Rights: Cause or Effect of Market Distortion?”: paper presented at the 8th International Congress on Cultural Economics, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany.

“Performers’ Rights: Why Not Go For a Buy-Out?”: paper presented at ICARE, University of Venice International Conference on ‘The Economics of Intellectual Property Rights’.

Other Publications

Four articles in The Singer, Vol. 2, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5.

1993

Books

Ruth Towse, Singers in the Marketplace: The Economics of the Singing Profession Clarendon Press, Oxford 252 + ix.

Reports

The Economic Aspects of the Training and Employment of Young Opera Singers. Background paper commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain, mimeo.

Other Publications

Articles in The Singer, August, December.

1992

Books

Ruth Towse and Abdul Khakee (eds), Cultural Economics Springer, Heidelberg 293+ xii.

Chapters in Books

“The Earnings of Singers: An Economic Analysis” in R. Towse and A. Khakee (eds.), Cultural Economics, Springer, Heidelberg, 209-217.

in Auli Irjala (ed.) European Symposium on the Status of the Artist, Finnish National Commission for UNESCO, Helsinki, 127-129.

Articles in Journals

“The Labour Factor in the Arts” Ricerche Economiche, XLVI, 1-2; 55-74.

“Formazione e impiego dei cantanti in Gran Bretagna” Economica della Cultura, II 2, 92-9.

Reports

Economic and Social Characteristics of Artists in Wales, Arts Council of Great Britain and Welsh Arts Council. Mimeo.

1991

Reports

The Feasibility of a Survey of Artists’ Earnings and Employment: A Report. Commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain. Mimeo.

Economic and Social Characteristics of Artists in Devon, commissioned by South West Arts and Arts Council of Great Britain. Mimeo.

Background paper for the National Strategy of the Arts, Arts Council of Great Britain, London.

1990

Journal Articles

Ruth Towse and Mark Blaug "The Current State of the British Economics Profession", Economic Journal, 100, March, 227-236.

"Talent als Wettig Betaalmiddel" Boekmancahier, September, 210-226.