David Throsby

Charles David Throsby (born 1939) is an Australian economist, especially well-known as a cultural economist. His book The Economics of the Performing Arts, co-authored with Glenn Withers, first published in 1979 and reissued in 1993, has become a standard reference work in the field. In addition to the performing arts, Throsby's research and writing has covered the economic role of artists, the economics of public intervention in arts markets, cultural development, cultural policy, heritage issues, and sustainability of cultural processes. He has also written extensively on the theory of public goods and the economics of higher education.^[1] He is a regular reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement.

Biography

Throsby is a Professor of Economics at Macquarie University, Sydney. As an undergraduate he studied at the University of Sydney and received his doctorate from the London School of Economics. He is a past-president of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) and Foundation Chair of the National Association for the Visual Arts. He is on the editorial boards of journals including the Journal of Cultural Economics and the International Journal of Cultural Policy and has served on the boards of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, The Australian Museum and the Copyright Agency Ltd. His book, Economics and Culture, has been translated into several languages, including French and Japanese. His survey of cultural economics in JEL has been frequently quoted since 1994.

Personal

He is the brother of the ABC broadcaster Margaret Throsby^[2] and uncle of the singer Holly Throsby.

Select Publications

• Throsby, David. The Economics of Cultural Policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010.
• Throsby, David and Michael Hutter (eds). Beyond Price: Value in Culture, Economics and the Arts, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008.
• Throsby, David. "Tourism, heritage and cultural sustainability: Three golden rules" in L. F. Girard and P. Nijkamp, eds. Cultural Heritage, Local Resources and Sustainable Tourism, Routledge, London, 2007.
• Throsby, David and V. A. Ginsburgh (eds). Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture, North-Holland (2006), ISBN 978-0444508706
• Throsby, David. Does Australia Need a Cultural Policy? Platform Paper No. 7, Currency Press, Sydney, 2006.
• Throsby, David and V. Hollister. Don't Give Up Your Day Job: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia, Australia Council, Sydney, 2003.
• Throsby, David. Economics and Culture, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
• Throsby, David and Beverley Thompson. But What Do You Do for a Living?: A New Economic Study of Australian Artists, Australia Council, Sydney, 1994.
• Throsby, David. "The Production and Consumption of the Arts: A View of Cultural Economics", Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XXXII, 1994, pp. 1-29.
• Throsby, David & Glen Withers. The Economics of the Performing Arts, Edward Arnold (Australia), 1979, reprinted by Gregg Revivals, Hampshire, England, 1993.

External links

• David Throsby, Macquarie University

Notes

1. ^ http://www.assa.edu.au/fellows/profile.php?id=322
2. ^ Sharon Verghis, Broadcast Muse, Good Weekend, The Age, 25 October 2008

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