Title
Rockonomics: The Economics of Popular Music
Author(s)
Marie Connolly Marie Connolly (Princeton University)
Alan B. Krueger Alan Krueger (Princeton University and NBER)
Abstract
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.
Creation Date
2005-04
Section URL ID
IRS
Paper Number
499
URL
https://dataspace.princeton.edu/bitstream/88435/dsp01xs55mc05g/1/499.pdf
File Function
Jel
Z10, L82, O34
Keyword(s)
Rockonomics, concerts, superstars
Suppress
false
Series
1