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Buying Beauty: On Prices and Returns in the Art Market

Authors: Luc Renneboog and Christopher Spaenjers
Link: http://mansci.journal.informs.org

The abstract entitled, Buying Beauty: On Prices and Returns in the Art Market, published in the Journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, investigated the price determinants and investment performance of objects of art. The researchers applied a hedonic regression analysis to a new data set of more than one million auction transactions of paintings and works on paper.  Based on the resulting price index, the study concluded that objects of art have appreciated in relative value by a moderate 3.97% per year, in real U.S. Dollars, between 1957 and 2007.  This is a performance similar to that of corporate bonds with higher risk and reward, furthermore is a relative measure that can be used for estate, resale, or insurances purposes.

1.  Renneboog, Luc, and Christopher Spaenjers. “Informs Online.” Buying Beauty: On Prices and Returns in the Art Market. Journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 08 Oct. 2010. Web. 09 Apr. 2013. <https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.1120.1580>

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