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Art investment as a portfolio diversification strategy in South Africa

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  • Brett Scott
  • Ferdi Botha
  • Jen D. Snowball

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Art has been suggested as a good way to diversify investment portfolios during times of financial uncertainty. The argument is that art exhibits different risk and return characteristics to conventional investments in other asset classes. The new Citadel Art Price index offered the opportunity to test this theory in the South African context. The Citadel […]

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  • Brett Scott & Ferdi Botha & Jen D. Snowball, 2015. "Art investment as a portfolio diversification strategy in South Africa," Working Papers 537, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:537
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    Keywords

    art market; Financial Markets; investment; Social welfare; South Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature

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