Enhancing Participation in the Arts in the EU

European Statistics on Participation in the Arts and Their International Comparability.- Measuring Participation in the Arts in Spain.- Measuring Cultural Participation in Italy.- Attendance at/Participation in the Arts by Educational Level Evidence and Issues.- Measuring Participation or Participating in Measurement? The Cautionary Tale of an Accidental Experiment in Survey Accuracy.- Participation in the Arts and Social Inclusion in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods.- Musical Rhythm Embedded in the Brain. Bridging Music, Neuroscience, and Empirical Aesthetics.- Contemporary Music and its Audience. A Tale of Benevolent Asceticism? - Musical Audiences in Spain.- The Evolution of Theatre Attendance in Italy: Patrons and Companies.- Raiders of the Lost Ark. A European Market for European Movies?- A Geographical Approach to the 'Smart' Location of Museums.- New Lines of Action for Museums.- Public Private Partnership for the Enhancement of Heritage. The Case of the Benedictine Monastery of Catania.- The Multi-product Nature of the Firm in the Arts Sector. The case of 'Centro Zo'.- Evaluating the Efficiency of Cultural Travel Destinations. A DEA Approach.- An empirical investigation of cultural tourists' preferences and behaviours in a destination with mixed environmental features.- Digital Research & Development in the Arts.- Implementation of Tracking Technologies for Temporal and Spatial Management of Cultural Destinations: Hong Kong as an Example.- Cultural Economics, the Internet and Participation.- Classical Music: New Proposals for New Audiences.- The Cultural Value and Variety of Playing Video Games.- Measuring the Economic Effects of Cultural Events Using Google Trends.- Are Less Public Funds Bad? New Strategies for Art Providers.- Arts, Culture and Creativity as Drivers for Territorial Development, Innovation and Competitiveness.

VICTORIA ATECA-AMESTOY

Victoria is an Associate Professor at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She served as book review editor for the Journal of Cultural Economics and is a member of the Asociación Española de Gestores de Patrimonio Cultural. She has worked in the design and management of cultural projects for private firms, professional associations and public administrations. Her research interests are cultural economics, behavioral economics and social indicators. She has published papers in international journals such as The Journal of Socio Economics, Journal of Cultural Economics, Social Indicators Research, European Journal of Operational Research, and has contributed to handbooks on the economics of leisure and on the economics of cultural heritage. She has also coordinated international and national research projects on the determinants of cultural participation , on cultural statistics and on the economic and social impact of cultural projects.
VICTOR GINSBURGH

"The book is a valuable contribution to the field of cultural participation studies, ... all the individual articles in the book are interesting, and the research is well conducted and of high quality. Therefore, I will warmly recommend the book for researchers interested in understanding the participation in arts and culture." (Trine Bille, Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 43 (2), June, 2019)