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| Calin Valsan and Robert Sproule |
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| ''Hedonic Models and Pre-Auction Estimates: Abstract Art Revisited'' |
| ( 2006, Vol. 26 No.5 ) |
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| We investigate the predictive power of hedonic models compared to that of pre-auction estimates in the context of art auctions. We use a panel data consisting of abstract paintings and a methodology that employs the estimates as instrumental variables in the framework of a hedonic regression model. The results suggest that hedonic models have no better predictive power than that of the estimates. Pre-auction estimates appear to fully account for the available public information on works of art. |
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JEL: Z1 - Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
D4 - Market Structure and Pricing: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Sep 29 2006 | | Manuscript Accepted : Nov 22 2006 |
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