Raul Abeledo-Sanchis

University of Valencia | UV · Departamento de Economía Aplicada

This article analyzes whether expenditure on the provision of merit goods, culture, health, education, and sports, by local governments, in medium-sized cities (between 20,000 and 100,000 inhabitants) is tied to the electoral cycle; that is, whether expenditure increases in the run up to an electoral process. Further, we analyze whether the increas...

A partir de la evaluación de la experiencia histórica (2000-2006) de Agenda 21 Local en España, este artículo analiza las oportunidades, limitaciones y obstáculos de las políticas culturales orientadas hacia la sostenibilidad en nuestro país. A su vez, trata de evidenciar la estrecha simbiosis existente entre las políticas de cultura y desarrollo,...

CreativeMed Toolkit es una plataforma web interactiva de autoevaluación estratégica, útil para los responsables públicos de las políticas culturales y de desarrollo en las regiones del Mediterráneo. Se analiza su estructura y diseño metodológico (diagnóstico regional de la innovación integral, uso de las nuevas tecnologías y diseño de indicadores s...

The article introduces a critical reflection on the effects that the version of cultural capitalism based on large events and architectural symbols has on the resilience of cities when used as an engine, and not as a complement to the policies of urban transformation. The article introduces as a case of study the so-called ‘Calatrava model’ of the...

It is increasingly necessary to emphasize the potential of culture as an engine for economic development and its ability to generate income and create jobs. For this reason, this paper evaluates the economic impact of the Ene.térmica museum in the territory in which it is located, Ponferrada (Castilla y León Community, Spain). In order to achieve t...

Cultural and creative industries are thought to be a driver for economic growth. During the last decade, research has tried to link higher intensity of these industries with the region's welfare. However, this is a controversial relationship that still needs to be proved. In this article, we build a conceptual framework to help us test the possible...

This paper proposes an informational service, Impactrimonio , to assess the economic impact of a particular museum, library, festival or heritage element on the economic development of a particular territory. This service takes on increasing importance in the context of the new development paradigm linked to the Cultural Economy. From the informati...

Empirical applications for assessing the efficiency in cultural organizations are still scarce. In this paper, we use a non-radial, output-oriented, DEA model for assessing the efficiency of a sample of 292 Musical Societies in the Valencian Community. The interest in this type of cultural organization lies in both its socio-economic relevance and...

Empirical applications for assessing the efficiency in cultural organizations are still scarce. In this paper, we use a non-radial, output-oriented, DEA model for assessing the efficiency of a sample of 292 Musical Societies in the Valencian Community. The interest in this type of cultural organization lies in both its socio-economic relevance and...

Resulta evidente la relevancia socio-cultural de las Sociedades Musicales en la Comunidad Valenciana, donde se contabilizan actualmente 529 bandas, 138.753 socios, 39.015 músicos federados y con capacidad para ofrecer enseñanza musical a una cantidad similar de estudiantes. En la actualidad, la literatura científica internacional incide de manera c...

Este artículo tiene como objeto realizar una aproximación en torno al papel y la naturaleza de los observatorios culturales en un escenario de futuro. Tal escenario se caracteriza por la complejidad que caracteriza las relaciones entre cultura y desarrollo (humano y ambientalmente sostenible), el carácter micro, múltiple, emergente e intangible de...

The ‘cultural and creative industries’ concept is a new but relevant one. Several previous works have tried to link a more intense presence of these with the regions welfare. However, there is no conclusive one in the literature. In this article, we build a theoretical framework to interpret the causality between richness and employed in cultural s...