RESEARCH SEMINARS IN APPLIED ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT - RSAEM
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TUESDAY MAY 12, 2026
Emilie Wojcieszynski (PhD Candidate Law, Economics and Governance @Utrecht University School of Economics, DE) will present :
"Anti-corruption regulation and firm behaviour: Evidence from the Sapin II Law in France" Abstract | Poster | From 2.30pm | Online only (ask for the link at [email protected]) |
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MAY 21, 2026
Strengthening financial and economic resilience through microfinance
With the signature of the BIO–SMICO Partnership 🕔: 17:00 – 18:30 (followed by networking) 📍: BIO – Boulevard Bischoffsheimlaan 15, 1000 Brussels BIO and CERMI is pleased to invite you to an event dedicated to the role of microfinance as a lever for financial and economic resilience in fragile contexts, held on the occasion of the signing of the partnership between BIO and SMICO SA, a microfinance institution active in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a global environment marked by economic, climate, and geopolitical instability, microfinance institutions play a key role in supporting entrepreneurs and the most vulnerable communities. This event will bring together investors, practitioners, and researchers to discuss the challenges, innovations, and concrete solutions implemented to strengthen financial resilience. 👉 Full agenda 👉 Please confirm your attendance before 15 May : Strengthening financial and economic resilience through microfinance – Fill in form |
RESEARCH SEMINARS IN APPLIED ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT - RSAEM
IN COLLABORATION WITH DULBEA
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MAY 28, 2026Adrian Nieto (Assistant Professor and Browaldh scholar at the Department of Economics at Lund University, SE) will present:
"Learning Beyond School: Public Libraries, Inequality and Long-Run Achievement" Co-written with Petter Lundborg Abstract | Poster | From 12.15pm | On-Site at R42.2.113 and Online* *Please contact [email protected] if you wish to participate (lunch is provided so please confirm your presence max. one week before the event). |
RESEARCH REUNITE - RRU
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JUNE 4, 2026Anne-Marie Vansnick (PhD Student, SBS-EM) will present:
"Implementation of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in Belgian corporations: to what extent does a compulsory disclosure engage firms in sustainability expectations ?" Abstract | Poster | On-Site at R42.2.113* *This is an internal event. Registration is not available for non-members. If you are a member, please register at [email protected] one week max before the event as we provide lunch. |
BROWN BAG SEMINARS - BBS
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june 11, 2026Noéline Somme (PhD Student, SBS-EM) will present:
"Lights, Camera, Subsidies - Analyzing the Impact of Subsidies from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation on the Financial Performance and Quality of Belgian Films" Abstract | Poster | From 12.15pm | On-Site at R42.2.113* *Please contact [email protected] if you wish to participate (lunch is provided so please confirm your presence max. one week before the event). |
SAVE THE DATE !
articles in refereed journals
REGULAR FELLOWS
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EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Diverging impacts of organizational DEI practices: the role of objective and subjective group status By Julia Oberlin*, Claudia Toma* & Tessa Dover March 2026 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS
A Decision-Aid Approach to Social Media Assessment Using PROMETHEE II in Greek Grocery Retail By Theodore Tarnanidis, Jason Papathanasiou, Bertrand Mareschal*, Maro Vlachopoulou & Vijaya Kittu Manda February 2026 AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL : ECONOMIC POLICY
Connections During Democratic Transitions: Insights from the Political Purge in Post-WWII France By Toke S. Aidt, Jean Lacroix* & Pierre-Guillaume Méon* February 2026 THE JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
One-Minute Earthquake, Years of Patience: Evidence from Mexico on the Effect of Earthquake Exposure on Time Preference By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*, Robin Rampaer & David Raymaekers* January 2026 ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
Mapping visions of a just transition: A Q survey of Belgian stakeholders Aurore Fransolet, Marek Hudon*, Adriano La Gioia* & Sandrine Meyer* January 2026 |
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Women’s and Men’s Support for Gender Equality Policies in Organizations: From Belief in Gender Discrimination to Perceived Organizational Hypocrisy By Joseph Mumbanza Ngeke*, Laurent Licata & Claudia Toma* March 2026 THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL
Domino Secessions By Jean Lacroix*, Kris James Mitchener & Kim Oosterlinck* January 2026 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDITING
Macroeconomic Context and Earnings Quality in Social Enterprises: Does Audit Quality Matter? By Damaris Ning Mufur & Hubert Tchakoute Tchuigoua* January 2026 JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
Bias in Mission‑Driven Finance: Discrimination or Mission Drift? Anastasia Cozarenco* & Ariane Szafarz* January 2026 PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Managing the use of social-media influencers in public-sector communication By Raphaël Zumofen, Vincent Mabillard* & Martial Pasquier September 2025 |
ASSOCIATE FELLOWS
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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
Trust in banks: Fostering (Naïve) firm-bank relationships By Jérémie Bertrand, Aurore Burietz* & Paul-Olivier Klein February 2026 MANAGEMENT JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Relation entre la gouvernance managériale et la préparation de la succession dans les PME familiales congolaises: rôle médiateur du succès entrepreneurial By Adolphe Mmenge, Olivier Colot, Jonathan Bauweraerts, Dieudonné Gahungu, & Eddy Balemba Kanyurhi* Forthcoming |
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY
Uncovering the hidden value of unpaid work: a global history of marginalized metrics By Maylis Avaro* & Johanna Gautier-Morin January 2026 MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Human-Robot Interactions in Investment Decisions By Milo Bianchi & Marie Brière* January 2026 |
chapters in books
Elections and norms of behaviour
By Marco Giani & Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
By Marco Giani & Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
Chapter 11: From Diversity Policy to Compliance and Skepticism: Contextual and Ideological Mechanism of DEI Practices
By Claudia Toma* & Franciska Krings
Chapter in book : International Perspectives of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Edited By Eden King, Quinetta Roberson & Mikki Hebl
By Claudia Toma* & Franciska Krings
Chapter in book : International Perspectives of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Edited By Eden King, Quinetta Roberson & Mikki Hebl
Democracy and the quality of institutions
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
Grease-the-wheels hypothesis
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
By Pierre-Guillaume Méon*
Chapter in book : Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice Edited By Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov
Chapitre X - Leaders minoritaires et politiques de diversité : équité et inclusion
By Claudia Toma*, Julia Oberlin* & Abigail Alves*
Chapter in book : Briser les barrières Perspectives psychosociales sur le leadership et la diversité Première édition Edited By Clara Kulich, Ruri Takizawa & Vincenzo Iacoviello
By Claudia Toma*, Julia Oberlin* & Abigail Alves*
Chapter in book : Briser les barrières Perspectives psychosociales sur le leadership et la diversité Première édition Edited By Clara Kulich, Ruri Takizawa & Vincenzo Iacoviello
The Social Impact of Microfinance: An Unfinished Challenge
By Cécile Godfroid* & Marc Labie*
Chapter in book : The Palgrave Handbook of Social Finance Edited By H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck & Halil Kiymaz
By Cécile Godfroid* & Marc Labie*
Chapter in book : The Palgrave Handbook of Social Finance Edited By H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck & Halil Kiymaz
books
Place Branding and Marketing from a Policy Perspective
Vincent Mabillard*, Martial Pasquier & Renaud Vuignier
Vincent Mabillard*, Martial Pasquier & Renaud Vuignier
book review
CULTURAL TRENDS
Global art markets: History and current trends
Book by Iain Robertson, Derrick Chong, and Luís U. Afonso
Review by Anne-Sophie Radermecker*
Global art markets: History and current trends
Book by Iain Robertson, Derrick Chong, and Luís U. Afonso
Review by Anne-Sophie Radermecker*
THESIS
DEI Must not DIE: Rethinking the Impact of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policies: Addressing Inequalities and Dynamics of Group (Dis)Advantage
By Julia Oberlin
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
By Julia Oberlin
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
working papers
WP 26-003
Blue Childhood, Peaceful Mind: Pathways from Nature Connectedness to Improved Thinking at the Shore
by Quan-Hoang Vuong & Ni Putu Wulan Purnama Sari & Thi Mai Anh Tran & Thanh Tu Tran & Minh-Phuong Thi Duong & Viet-Phuong La & Minh-Hoang Nguyen
Blue Childhood, Peaceful Mind: Pathways from Nature Connectedness to Improved Thinking at the Shore
by Quan-Hoang Vuong & Ni Putu Wulan Purnama Sari & Thi Mai Anh Tran & Thanh Tu Tran & Minh-Phuong Thi Duong & Viet-Phuong La & Minh-Hoang Nguyen
WP 26-002
Do Firms Share their Profits Equally with Women and Men? The Role of Human Capital, Managerial Positions and Unions
by Kevin Pineda-Hernández*, François Rycx*, Mélanie Volral & Alexandre Waroquier*
Do Firms Share their Profits Equally with Women and Men? The Role of Human Capital, Managerial Positions and Unions
by Kevin Pineda-Hernández*, François Rycx*, Mélanie Volral & Alexandre Waroquier*
WP 26-001
Precautionary Liquidity and Worker Decisions : Evidence from French Employee Saving Plans
by Marie Briere*, James Poterba & Ariane Szafarz*
Precautionary Liquidity and Worker Decisions : Evidence from French Employee Saving Plans
by Marie Briere*, James Poterba & Ariane Szafarz*
other news
THESIS DEFENcE
MARCH 17, 2026
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Ms Julia Oberlin's thesis defence has taken place on Tuesday 17 March 2026 at 2pm.
The title of the thesis: ‘DEI Must not DIE: Rethinking the Impact of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policies Addressing Inequalities and Dynamics of Group (Dis)Advantage’. The jury was composed as: Jan Mattijs* – Président du jury Laurent Licata – Secrétaire, ULB Claudia Toma* – Promotrice, ULB Eva Derous – Ghent University Tessa Dover – Portland State University Jojanneke van den Toorn – Utrecht University *member of CEBRIG |
📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 | 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐒𝐆𝐌) 2026
We are pleased to announce that submissions of abstracts are open for the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Small Group Meeting “𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬”
📅 September 24–26, 2026
📍 University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Organized by Franciska Krings (Université de Lausanne), Clara Kulich (Université de Genève), Claudia Toma (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Coordinated by Ottilie Tilston
🌍 About the meeting :
In a rapidly evolving societal landscape, organizations face growing challenges in fostering fairness and inclusion. This SGM brings together researchers in work and organizational psychology to explore how these principles can be meaningfully achieved—grounded in theory, informed by evidence, and attentive to societal context.
🔍 Key themes :
✔️ Societal change and organizational norms
How shifting societal expectations reshape leadership, decision-making, and perceptions of fairness.
✔️ From resistance to impact
Understanding resistance, backlash, and fatigue toward DEI initiatives—and what they reveal about effectiveness.
✔️ Individual reactions to unfair workplaces
Exploring how employees perceive and respond to subtle and overt unfairness.
🎤 Keynote speakers :
Prof. Oana Fodor (Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania)
Prof. Janine Bosak (Dublin City University, Ireland)
🤝 What to expect :
- Engaging presentations & discussions
- Strong networking opportunities
- Collaboration across career stages and countries
- Opportunities for joint research projects and publications
💡 Funding & support :
Thanks to support from European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology and the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF, the meeting will cover:
✔️ Accommodation (see pdf for details)
✔️ Meals (conference dinner, lunches, coffee breaks)
(Limited travel support available for early-career researchers in need.)
📝 Submit your abstract (max. 500 words + optional tables/figures)
📅 Deadline: June 5, 2026
📧 [email protected]
🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d8ZjemUB
We are pleased to announce that submissions of abstracts are open for the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Small Group Meeting “𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬”
📅 September 24–26, 2026
📍 University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Organized by Franciska Krings (Université de Lausanne), Clara Kulich (Université de Genève), Claudia Toma (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and Coordinated by Ottilie Tilston
🌍 About the meeting :
In a rapidly evolving societal landscape, organizations face growing challenges in fostering fairness and inclusion. This SGM brings together researchers in work and organizational psychology to explore how these principles can be meaningfully achieved—grounded in theory, informed by evidence, and attentive to societal context.
🔍 Key themes :
✔️ Societal change and organizational norms
How shifting societal expectations reshape leadership, decision-making, and perceptions of fairness.
✔️ From resistance to impact
Understanding resistance, backlash, and fatigue toward DEI initiatives—and what they reveal about effectiveness.
✔️ Individual reactions to unfair workplaces
Exploring how employees perceive and respond to subtle and overt unfairness.
🎤 Keynote speakers :
Prof. Oana Fodor (Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania)
Prof. Janine Bosak (Dublin City University, Ireland)
🤝 What to expect :
- Engaging presentations & discussions
- Strong networking opportunities
- Collaboration across career stages and countries
- Opportunities for joint research projects and publications
💡 Funding & support :
Thanks to support from European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology and the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF, the meeting will cover:
✔️ Accommodation (see pdf for details)
✔️ Meals (conference dinner, lunches, coffee breaks)
(Limited travel support available for early-career researchers in need.)
📝 Submit your abstract (max. 500 words + optional tables/figures)
📅 Deadline: June 5, 2026
📧 [email protected]
🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d8ZjemUB
CIVIS - Europe's Civic University Alliance Sustainability Challenge – Grand Finale Kick-off
Prenez vos agendas… deux initiatives interdisciplinaires arrivent à leur phase finale :
Le 5 mai sera lancée la finale du challenge international en durabilité de l'alliance CIVIS (découvrez ici en cliquant).
Les universités partenaires (Bruxelles, Madrid, Athènes, Glasgow, Makerere) ainsi que les équipes de finalistes se présenteront avant la découverte du cas final, clôturé par un cocktail.
Vous êtes cordialement invité.e.s sur site : salle U.A.1.23 (Usquare) & via Teams 😊
Horaire : 18:00-21:00
Les étudiant.e.s travailleront ensuite jusqu'au jour des présentation finales devant le jury international et la remise des prix.
Le 21 mai de 13:00 à 16:00, même salle et même canal Teams
Le 6 juin aura lieu le dernier jour du défi durabilité U.L.B. (Unir, Lancer, Bousculer les idées) (découvrez ici en cliquant) financé par un Fonds d’Encouragement à l’Enseignement.
Les 7 groupes d'étudiant.e.s finaliseront leurs propositions pour les entreprises en mode intensif (style hackathon) et présenteront leurs solutions devant le jury.
Pitch final : 17h – 19h
Cocktail & networking : dès 20h
Souhaitez-vous assister aux défis ? Inscrivez-vous aux QR codes dans les affiches !
Invitation Kick-off FR | Invitation Kick-off ENG | Invitation 6 June FR | Invitation 6 June ENG
Prenez vos agendas… deux initiatives interdisciplinaires arrivent à leur phase finale :
Le 5 mai sera lancée la finale du challenge international en durabilité de l'alliance CIVIS (découvrez ici en cliquant).
Les universités partenaires (Bruxelles, Madrid, Athènes, Glasgow, Makerere) ainsi que les équipes de finalistes se présenteront avant la découverte du cas final, clôturé par un cocktail.
Vous êtes cordialement invité.e.s sur site : salle U.A.1.23 (Usquare) & via Teams 😊
Horaire : 18:00-21:00
Les étudiant.e.s travailleront ensuite jusqu'au jour des présentation finales devant le jury international et la remise des prix.
Le 21 mai de 13:00 à 16:00, même salle et même canal Teams
Le 6 juin aura lieu le dernier jour du défi durabilité U.L.B. (Unir, Lancer, Bousculer les idées) (découvrez ici en cliquant) financé par un Fonds d’Encouragement à l’Enseignement.
Les 7 groupes d'étudiant.e.s finaliseront leurs propositions pour les entreprises en mode intensif (style hackathon) et présenteront leurs solutions devant le jury.
Pitch final : 17h – 19h
Cocktail & networking : dès 20h
Souhaitez-vous assister aux défis ? Inscrivez-vous aux QR codes dans les affiches !
Invitation Kick-off FR | Invitation Kick-off ENG | Invitation 6 June FR | Invitation 6 June ENG
Special Issue on the “History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”
Guest Editors
Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker (Université libre de Bruxelles, Department of History, Arts and Archaeology) and Elena Stepanova (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)
Submit Now
The Journal of Cultural Economics, with the support of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) and Springer, is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on the “History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”. A wide literature on pre-modern and modern markets for visual arts, literature, music and other art forms has been developed in the last decades, combined with greater archival data availability, and has attracted the attention of multiple disciplines. This issue is aimed at expanding research in this field through the perspective of economic history and cultural economics, using empirical data and advanced statistical analyses.
Subject
The economic history of markets for visual arts, as well as reproducible and non-reproducible cultural goods and collectibles, encompasses the empirical analysis of these markets from the ancient world through the Middle Ages, the Early Modern period, and the 19th and 20th centuries - each era shaped by its own paradigms of production, distribution, and consumption. These categories of artworks and cultural goods include not only traditional fine arts (i.e., painting, graphic arts, sculpture), but also photographs, prints, decorative arts, antiques, crafts, mineralia, memorabilia, and, more broadly, goods from the book, music, and fashion industries, among others. This issue aims to expand research in this field from the perspective of economic history and cultural economics, using a more comprehensive definition of the art markets that embraces artistic, cultural and creative goods long opposed as ‘major’ versus ‘minor.’ The geographical scope also extends beyond Western art markets to include Latin American, African, Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern, and other markets, including regional and local marketplaces. We are particularly interested in studies of cross-border flows of cultural property (e.g., colonial-era looting and post-colonial restitution, illicit trafficking in cultural property), as well as patterns of artists’ careers, migration and mobility.
Topics
Submissions are welcome on a broad range of topics including but not limited to:
• Economic history of art markets worldwide
• Markets for painting, sculpture and niche collectible markets
• Markets for literature and publishing (printing presses, book trade), and music (sheet-music markets, patronage/competition for composers, concert and recording industries)
• Economic history of architecture
• Expertise, art forgeries, copies, authentication and attribution issues
• Interactions between the commercial and institutional fields
• Global and postcolonial art markets (transnational trade, emerging national markets, effects of empire and decolonization)
• Cultural heritage and provenance research (including theft/smuggling, restitution, museums’ acquisition policy and deaccessioning)
The main macro and micro economic questions we are interested in range, among others, from market performance analyses (e.g., price indices), valuation and price formation mechanisms, market structure and segmentation, the effects of exogenous treatments on markets to art market intermediaries’ business models, supply and sales strategies (e.g., commission contracts, product differentiation, stock management), artists’ career management (e.g., intellectual property rights, branding, mobility), urban economics (e.g., cluster analysis), inter- or transnational commercial network analysis, and art consumption practices. Additionally, we welcome advanced methodological papers that aim to improve the management and processing of historical art market data, or challenge traditional empirical methods.
Submission procedure
Please submit your papers through the regular submission process of the Journal of Cultural Economics, selecting the article type “S.I.: History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”. The deadline for submission is January 2027. Early submissions will undergo an accelerated review process by the Guest Editors. Papers that do not fit the broad agenda or fail to meet the quality standards expected for this issue may be desk rejected.
Guest Editors
Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker (Université libre de Bruxelles, Department of History, Arts and Archaeology) and Elena Stepanova (European Commission, Joint Research Centre)
Submit Now
The Journal of Cultural Economics, with the support of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) and Springer, is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on the “History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”. A wide literature on pre-modern and modern markets for visual arts, literature, music and other art forms has been developed in the last decades, combined with greater archival data availability, and has attracted the attention of multiple disciplines. This issue is aimed at expanding research in this field through the perspective of economic history and cultural economics, using empirical data and advanced statistical analyses.
Subject
The economic history of markets for visual arts, as well as reproducible and non-reproducible cultural goods and collectibles, encompasses the empirical analysis of these markets from the ancient world through the Middle Ages, the Early Modern period, and the 19th and 20th centuries - each era shaped by its own paradigms of production, distribution, and consumption. These categories of artworks and cultural goods include not only traditional fine arts (i.e., painting, graphic arts, sculpture), but also photographs, prints, decorative arts, antiques, crafts, mineralia, memorabilia, and, more broadly, goods from the book, music, and fashion industries, among others. This issue aims to expand research in this field from the perspective of economic history and cultural economics, using a more comprehensive definition of the art markets that embraces artistic, cultural and creative goods long opposed as ‘major’ versus ‘minor.’ The geographical scope also extends beyond Western art markets to include Latin American, African, Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern, and other markets, including regional and local marketplaces. We are particularly interested in studies of cross-border flows of cultural property (e.g., colonial-era looting and post-colonial restitution, illicit trafficking in cultural property), as well as patterns of artists’ careers, migration and mobility.
Topics
Submissions are welcome on a broad range of topics including but not limited to:
• Economic history of art markets worldwide
• Markets for painting, sculpture and niche collectible markets
• Markets for literature and publishing (printing presses, book trade), and music (sheet-music markets, patronage/competition for composers, concert and recording industries)
• Economic history of architecture
• Expertise, art forgeries, copies, authentication and attribution issues
• Interactions between the commercial and institutional fields
• Global and postcolonial art markets (transnational trade, emerging national markets, effects of empire and decolonization)
• Cultural heritage and provenance research (including theft/smuggling, restitution, museums’ acquisition policy and deaccessioning)
The main macro and micro economic questions we are interested in range, among others, from market performance analyses (e.g., price indices), valuation and price formation mechanisms, market structure and segmentation, the effects of exogenous treatments on markets to art market intermediaries’ business models, supply and sales strategies (e.g., commission contracts, product differentiation, stock management), artists’ career management (e.g., intellectual property rights, branding, mobility), urban economics (e.g., cluster analysis), inter- or transnational commercial network analysis, and art consumption practices. Additionally, we welcome advanced methodological papers that aim to improve the management and processing of historical art market data, or challenge traditional empirical methods.
Submission procedure
Please submit your papers through the regular submission process of the Journal of Cultural Economics, selecting the article type “S.I.: History of Market for Art and Cultural Goods”. The deadline for submission is January 2027. Early submissions will undergo an accelerated review process by the Guest Editors. Papers that do not fit the broad agenda or fail to meet the quality standards expected for this issue may be desk rejected.
