TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of cultural and popular celebration attendance
T2 - The case study of Seville Spring Fiestas
AU - Palma, María Luisa
AU - Palma, Luis
AU - Aguado, Luis Fernando
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - The Spring Fiestas in Seville (Spain) (SFS) are the most important cultural events in the city each year. The present paper pursues two aims. The first is to characterize the SFS as a new prototype of a complex cultural good that expresses the link between the people and the place in which they live based on material and immaterial cultural heritage represented through popular celebrations. The second goal is to conduct an empirical analysis of the determinants that shape attendance intensity by estimating a zero-truncated count data model using a unique dataset of attendees at the SFS in 2009. Findings indicate that attendance is strongly associated with variables reflecting knowledge, institutional links, past experiences, and the perceived external benefits generated by the existence of the SFS. The article contributes to the literature by exploring participation in popular celebrations, a field of inquiry that to date is extremely limited in cultural economics.
AB - The Spring Fiestas in Seville (Spain) (SFS) are the most important cultural events in the city each year. The present paper pursues two aims. The first is to characterize the SFS as a new prototype of a complex cultural good that expresses the link between the people and the place in which they live based on material and immaterial cultural heritage represented through popular celebrations. The second goal is to conduct an empirical analysis of the determinants that shape attendance intensity by estimating a zero-truncated count data model using a unique dataset of attendees at the SFS in 2009. Findings indicate that attendance is strongly associated with variables reflecting knowledge, institutional links, past experiences, and the perceived external benefits generated by the existence of the SFS. The article contributes to the literature by exploring participation in popular celebrations, a field of inquiry that to date is extremely limited in cultural economics.
KW - Count data models
KW - Cultural goods
KW - Cultural participation models
KW - Spring Fiestas in Seville
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84873706469&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10824-012-9167-5
DO - 10.1007/s10824-012-9167-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873706469
SN - 0885-2545
VL - 37
SP - 87
EP - 107
JO - Journal of Cultural Economics
JF - Journal of Cultural Economics
IS - 1
ER -
