Rockonomics: The Economics of Popular Music

Connolly, Marie; Krueger, Alan B.

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Rockonomics: The Economics of Popular Music

NBER Working Paper No. w11282

87 Pages Posted: 2 Jun 2005 Last revised: 1 May 2022

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Marie Connolly

University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) - Department of Economics; Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organization (CIRANO)

Alan B. Krueger

Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: April 2005

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.

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Connolly, Marie and Krueger, Alan B., Rockonomics: The Economics of Popular Music (April 2005). NBER Working Paper No. w11282, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=711924