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Prices and Returns on Paintings: An Exercise on How to Price the Priceless

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  • O. Chanel

    (Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille, EHESS, Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, 2 rue de la Charité 13002 Marseille, France)

  • L. A. Gerard-Varet

    (Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille, EHESS, Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, 2 rue de la Charité 13002 Marseille, France)

  • V. Ginsburgh

    ([1] 2Université Libre de Bruxelles [2] 3CORE, Louvain la Neuve)

Abstract

Art is priceless, but paintings, and other objects, have been sold on markets since the time of the Roman Empire. In this paper, we describe a method for constructing a price index for paintings and compare this index to the indices of various financial markets. In particular, we discuss whether the price of art is related to financial markets, whether the art market is weakly efficient, and whether it is more or less risky than financial markets. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory (1994) 19, 7–21. doi:10.1007/BF01112011

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  • O. Chanel & L. A. Gerard-Varet & V. Ginsburgh, 1994. "Prices and Returns on Paintings: An Exercise on How to Price the Priceless," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 19(1), pages 7-21, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:genrir:v:19:y:1994:i:1:p:7-21
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