David Throsby
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Professor David Throsby AO is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics at Macquarie University. He is internationally known for his work as an economist with specialist interests in the economics of the arts and culture. He holds Bachelor and Master degrees from the University of Sydney and a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics. Professor Throsby's research interests include the role of culture in economic development, the economic situation of individual artists, the economics of the performing arts, the creative industries, the economics of heritage and the relationship between cultural and economic policy. He has published several books and a large number of reports and journal articles in these areas, as well as in the economics of education and the economics of the environment. His book Economics and Culture, published by Cambridge University Press in 2001, has been translated into eight languages.
Research Interest
the role of culture in economic development, the economic situation of individual artists, the economics of the performing arts, the creative industries, the economics of heritage, and the relationship between cultural and economic policy
Publications
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Throsby D. Cultural capital. Journal of cultural economics. 1999 Mar 1;23(1):3-12.
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Throsby D. The production and consumption of the arts: A view of cultural economics. Journal of economic literature. 1994 Mar 1;32(1):1-29.
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Throsby D. Economics and culture. Cambridge university press; 2001.
