Distinguished Professor of Economics at Macquarie University
David Throsby is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Macquarie University. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Sydney and a PhD from the London School of Economics. He is internationally recognised for his research and writing on the economics of art and culture. His current research interests include heritage economics, the creative industries, the economic circumstances of creative artists, the Indigenous art economy, culture in sustainable economic development, and the relationships between economic and cultural policy. He has published many books, papers and reports in these areas. His recent books include Economics and Culture (2001), which has been translated into eight languages, and The Economics of Cultural Policy (2010), both published by Cambridge University Press. Together with Professor Victor Ginsburgh, he has co-edited two volumes in the influential Handbooks in Economics series: these are the Handbooks of the Economics of Art and Culture, vol.1 (2006) and vol. 2 (2013), published by Elsevier/North-Holland.
