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Returns of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary European Paintings 1962-1991

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  • Madeleine De La Barre
  • Sophie Docclo
  • Victor Ginsburgh

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We construct returns and quantity indices for Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary painting over the last thirty years, using the results of public auctions. In particular, we isolate the large swing in prices during the late 1980s; from results on individual artists, we also conclude that the randomness in the behaviour of prices is very limited, once the behaviour of the aggregate market in known.

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  • Madeleine De La Barre & Sophie Docclo & Victor Ginsburgh, 1994. "Returns of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary European Paintings 1962-1991," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 35, pages 143-181.
    • Handle: RePEc:adr:anecst:y:1994:i:35:p:143-181
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    16. Renato Flores Galvao & Victor Ginsburgh & Philippe Jeanfils, 1999. "Long and short-term portfolios of paintings," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/1695, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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