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- - - - Rockonomics : a backstage tour of what the music industry can teach us about economics and life
        
        Chapter 1. Prelude
        
        Chapter 2. Follow the Money: The Music Economy
        
        Chapter 3. The Supply of Musicians
        
        Chapter 4. The Economics of Superstars
        
        Chapter 5. The Power of Luck
        
        Chapter 6. The Show Must Go On: The Economics of Live Music
        
        Chapter 7. Scams, Swindles, and the Music Business
        
        Chapter 8. Streaming Is Changing Everything
        
        Chapter 9. Blurred Lines: Intellectual Property in a Digital World
        
        Chapter 10. The Global Market for Music
        
        Chapter 11. Music and Well-Being
      - Krueger, A. B. (2005). The Economics of Real Superstars: The Market for Rock Concerts in the Material World. Journal of Labor Economics, 23(1), 1–30. - The rapid increase in concert ticket prices from 1996 to 2003, outpacing inflation, is attributed to factors such as market concentration among promoters, the declining role of album sales as a complementary product, and the economics of superstar performers. This article, based on insights from the author's keynote speech at the Concert Industry Consortium, introduces "Rockonomics" as a field exploring how fundamental economic forces—supply, demand, market structure, and technological change—shape the music industry, emphasizing that understanding concert pricing requires linking industrial organization with labor market dynamics.
- - - - The Story of NFTs: Art, Technology, and Democracy, Rizzoli/MCA Denver. with Abrams. (2023). - basic concepts of NFTs and the underlying technology of blockchain, including their origins, their surprising connections to the history of artmaking and art collecting, and their potential to radically reshape the art world. The book invites the reader to engage with this new technology, to understand its connections to the longer arc of art history, and to help shape its future.
        
        Origin Stories (where NFTs come from),
        
        Artists + Making (how artists are currently engaging with the technology and minting NFTs logistically and conceptually),
        
        Collectors + Buying (what does it mean to collect an NFT and other advice for current and soon-to-be collectors), and
        
        Future States (how NFTs will upend and democratize the arts)
      - From the artist’s contract to the blockchain ledger: New forms of artists’ funding using equity and resale royalties. Journal of Cultural Economics, 46(2): 287-315. with van Haaften-Schick. (2022).
      - Fractional equity, blockchain, and the future of creative work. Management Science, 66(10), 4594–4611. with Kräussl. (2020).
      - Art and Blockchain: A Primer, History, and Taxonomy of Blockchain Use Cases in the Arts. - Blockchain technology, though often linked to cryptocurrencies, has the potential to drive significant structural change in the arts and creative industries. This paper provides a historical overview and taxonomy of blockchain use cases in the arts, examining its implications for the blurring of for-profit and nonprofit distinctions, shifts in art ownership structures, and new models of public and private support, while also raising governance concerns and the potential for both greater democratic access and increased commodification of cultural assets.