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Cultural Districts and Their Role in Developed and Developing Countries

In: Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

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The aim of this chapter is to analyze the economic properties and the institutions governing the start-up and evolution of cultural districts. Cultural districts are a good example of economic development based on localized firms and local culture. The first part of the chapter (Sections 1-2) reviews the relationships between culture, viewed as an idiosyncratic good, and the Marshallian theory of industrial districts. Sections 3 and 4 of the paper present a discussion of two models of cultural districts: the industrial cultural district (mainly based on positive externalities, localized culture, and traditions in "arts and crafts"), and the institutional cultural district (mainly based on property rights assignment and symbolic values). Policy issues are analyzed in Section 5, with particular reference to the applicability of the two models of cultural districts in developed and developing countries.

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  • Santagata, Walter, 2006. "Cultural Districts and Their Role in Developed and Developing Countries," Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, in: V.A. Ginsburgh & D. Throsby (ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 31, pages 1101-1119, Elsevier.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:artchp:1-31
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    1. Shwu-Ing Wu & Man-Li Tian, 2017. "Impact of Consumers’ Preference for Cultural and Creative Parks on the Attitude Behavior Model," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 12(8), pages 201-201, July.
    2. Portillo, Javier E. & Wagner, Gary A., 2021. "Do cultural districts spur urban revitalization: Evidence from Louisiana," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 188(C), pages 651-673.
    3. Alessandra Bianchi & Stefania De Medici, 2023. "A Sustainable Adaptive Reuse Management Model for Disused Railway Cultural Heritage to Boost Local and Regional Competitiveness," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-34, March.
    4. Cheren Cappello & Salvatore Giuffrida & Maria Rosa Trovato & Vittoria Ventura, 2022. "Environmental Identities and the Sustainable City. The Green Roof Prospect for the Ecological Transition," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-34, September.
    5. Gustavo Fernandes Souza & Ana Flávia Machado & Edson Paulo Domingues, 2019. "Economic impacts of the vale-cultura (culture voucher): a computable general equilibrium model," Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG 595, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
    6. Solène Chesnel & Jérémie Molho & Florian Raimbeau & Hélène Morteau & Dominique Sagot-Duvauroux, 2013. "Les clusters ou districts industriels du domaine culturel et médiatique : revue du savoir économique et questionnement," Working Papers hal-02502563, HAL.
    7. Diego Barrado-Timón & Antonio Palacios & Carmen Hidalgo-Giralt, 2020. "Medium and Small Cities, Culture and the Economy of Culture. A Review of the Approach to the Case of Spain in Light of International Scientific Scholarship," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(18), pages 1-28, September.
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    9. Bertacchini Enrico & Borrione Paola, 2009. "The city mouse and the country mouse: the geography of creativity and cultural production in Italy," EBLA Working Papers 200902, University of Turin.
    10. Christian Barrère & Martino Nieddu, 2014. "Practising an Heritage Approach [La pratique de l'approche patrimoniale]," Post-Print hal-02615550, HAL.
    11. Ghafele, Roya & Gibert, Benjamin, 2012. "A New Institutional Economics Perspective on Trademarks. Rebuilding Post Conflict Zones in Sierra Leone and Croatia," MPRA Paper 37859, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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