Location matters: Estimating cluster premiums for prominent modern artists |
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Authors: | Christiane Hellmanzik |
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Institution: | Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics and Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland |
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Abstract: | This paper shows that ‘location matters’ in terms of premiums on creative clusters and peak ages. The analysis is based on the 214 most prominent modern visual artists born 1850-1945 and the art clusters of Paris and New York. Auction records of the past 20 years are used to estimate the value of artworks over an artist's career. The overall cluster premium for paintings produced in Paris and New York is found to be 11% and 43%, respectively; paintings made in Paris during the First World War have a premium of 14% while those produced between 1946 and 1975 have a premium of 27%. New York offers premiums for paintings produced there for all periods after the First World War, peaking at 74% between 1946 and 1975. When decomposing this premium, we find that quality rather than quantity of artists in the location is driving the results. It is argued that artists working in a cluster location reach a peak in the age-price profile of their work significantly earlier than artists working elsewhere. |
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Keywords: | J61 R39 N90 Z11 |
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