Rockonomics: The Economics of Popular Music

Marie Connolly and Alan B. Krueger ()
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No 11282, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

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.

JEL-codes: Z1 L82 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-04
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