David Throsby
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David Throsby (1939-) is an Australian economist, especially well-known as a cultural economist.
[edit] Biography
He is now a Professor of Economics at Macquarie University, Sydney. He achieved his doctorate at London School of Economics. He is a past-president of Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI). He joins the editorial boards of some journals such as the Journal of Cultural Economics and the International Journal of Cultural Policy. His book, Economics and Culture, has been translated into several languages, including French and Japanese. His survey of cultural economics in JEL has been frequently quoted since 1994.
[edit] References
- Throsby, David & Glen Withers. The Economics of the Performing Arts, Edward Arnold (Australia) Pty Ltd, 1979, reprinted by Gregg Revivals, Hampshire, England, 1993.
- Throsby, David. ”The Production and Consumption of the Arts: A View of Cultural Economics”, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XXXII, 1994, pp. 1-29.
- Throsby, David. Economics and Culture, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, North-Holland (2006), V. A. Ginsburgh & David Throsby, eds, ISBN 978-0444508706
