MSD Journal Information

The MSD International Journal of Economics, Creative Behaviour, Arts and Marketing Management is published in cooperation with the Association for Cultural Economics International. It publishes original papers that apply economic analysis and econometrics to the field of cultural economics, with a focus on theoretical and empirical research on creative industries, visual and performing arts, cultural institutions, art markets, heritage, cultural policy and the economics of art history. Cultural economics is the application of economic analysis to all of the creative and performing arts, heritage, and cultural industries, whether publicly or privately owned. It is concerned with the economic organization of the cultural sector and with the behavior of producers, consumers, and governments in that sector. The subject includes a range of approaches, mainstream and radical, neoclassical, welfare economics, public policy, and institutional economics.

The editors and editorial board of the MSD International Journal of Economics, Creative Behaviour, Arts and Marketing Management seek to attract the attention of the economics profession to this branch of economics, as well as those in related disciplines and arts practitioners with an interest in economic issues. Economics publishes original papers that deal with the theoretical development of cultural economics as a subject, the application of economic analysis and econometrics to the field of culture, and with the economic aspects of cultural policy. Besides full-length papers, short papers and book reviews are also published. concerned with the role played by various forms of material cultural practice in the organization of the economy and the society, and the relations between them. It offers a unique interdisciplinary forum for work on these questions from across the social sciences and humanities. These include, but are not restricted to, the contributions of governmentality, pragmatism, narrative analysis, actor-network theory, and science and technology studies and associated debates about valuation, measurement, performativity, and performance in economy, culture, and society. A range of perspectives has been deployed to explore the governance of economies and societies and the making up of social and organizational identities. Historical, sociological, geographical, business, and anthropological studies of markets, science, technology, organizations and finance all address the relations between culture, economy, and society. Cultural studies, cultural policy, and creative industry studies have also animated a renewed focus on the material cultures of production and consumption. While all of these approaches to the relations between culture, economy, and society have interacted with and influenced each other, there has been a relative shortage of debate across and between them.

Arts and the Market welcomes both theoretically and empirically grounded submissions from across the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and is interested in both qualitative and quantitative approaches to research. The journal adopts a broad view of the arts, including all sectors of the arts and creative industries. It embraces the different disciplinary traditions and perspectives that can inform the field. The journal facilitates an understanding of the various artistic, cultural, social, sociological, commercial, and technological practices and discourses of production, performance, intermediation, and consumption, which shape the arts sector and its related market(s). 

Reasons to Publish:

• Global readership

• MSD Publications journal boasts an expert Editorial Board that helps with quality decision-making, choosing referees, and reviewing manuscripts playing a key role in providing quality knowledge to the world.
• Fast publication: Processing in between 12 to 21 working days.
• Promoting published articles on social media.
• Copyright retainment is provided to authors licensing the article under a Creative Commons license.
• Accepted articles will be published online as PDF versions, HTML, video files, Infographics, Audio files, and curated web content.
• MSD Publications journals follow the highest standard of double-blinded peer review, thereby subjecting the articles to the quality peer-review process.
• Content is published without any space constraints.

All published articles are assigned to the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) – Crossref. All published articles of this journal are included in the indexing and abstracting coverage of *Google Scholar.  All published articles are permanently archived and available on the MSD Publications website in HTML and PDF formats.