Cowell describes the impact of free access to government-sponsored museums in England on visitor attendance since 2001, exploring in particular how this has been measured (p.203-224).

The article by Belfiore/Bennett deals with the impact of the arts on individuals,  focusing on the multidimensional and subjective nature of the aesthetic experience (p.225-276).

Pinnock, finally, applies the economic theory of rent-seeking to the arts for predicting and explaining personal and institutional behaviour in the not-for-profit art world (p. 277-294).

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