Conference

15th International Conference of the ACEI
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Thu 12 – Sun 15 June 2008

The 15th international conference of the association which took place in Boston in June 2008 was a lively and well-attended event enjoyed by participants from around the globe. The programme included contributed papers from scholars across the disciplines sharing an interest in economics-related issues and questions relating to the arts, heritage, media, cultural industries, cultural policy etc and from managers, policy-makers and practitioners working in the cultural sector.

Plenary sessions by:

Prof Ruth Towse, ACEI President
Prof Tyler Cowen, George Mason University

Highlights include:

Conversation on economic challenges and issues among a panel of local music industry participants and experts
Special session to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the publication of seminal work Patrons Despite Themselves: Taxpayers and Arts Policy (Alan L Feld, Michael O’Hare, J Mark Schuster)
A pre-conference workshop for young researchers, on the afternoon of 12 June 2008 – see below

Conference flyer (PDF, 1.2MB)
Music industry panel session (PDF, 18k)
Information on Towse, Cowen and Schuster special sessions (PDF, 58k)

Conference Program

ACEI Boston - Conference Program/Schedule (PDF, 242k)

Pre-conference Young Researchers’ Workshop

Participant Abstracts

Prizes and honours

The ACEI awards regular prizes and creates Honorary Fellows from time to time.

The Presidents’ Prize

This prize is awarded to the best paper in the judgement of a Committee consisting of the President, Past President and President-Elect that is presented at the biennial conference by a PhD or other postgraduate student. The prize includes: an announcement of the winner in the Journal of Cultural Economics (JCE) and other academic journals; a waiver of conference registration and conference banquet fees for the next conference; and an expedited process for refereeing the winning paper for possible publication in the JCE. The winner is announced at the ACEI's General Meeting during the conference.

President's Prize Announcement (DOC, 24k)
President's Prize Winners (DOC, 26k)

The Pommerehne Prize

The prize is awarded to the paper published in the Journal of Cultural Economics in the 2 volumes preceding the biennial conference that is judged to be best. The winner receives a prize of US$1,000. The procedures are currently under review.

Previous conference information

See History page for details of previous prize winners, workshops and symposia.