{"title":"Identifying outlier scores and outlier jurors to reduce manipulation in classical music competitions","authors":"Krzysztof Kontek, Kevin Kenner","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09494-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09494-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Manipulations in classical music competitions are a proven problem that has as yet not been eradicated from the competition practice. Several examples are provided. We aim to compare and analyze different methods of reducing manipulation in classical music competitions, focusing on outlier scores and on outlier jurors. First, we investigate the typical approach of correcting or discarding individual jurors' scores that significantly deviate from the mean or median of scores received by a given candidate. We then introduce a new method that involves the exclusion of outlier jurors (EOJ). This approach implies that all scores of jurors with ratings that substantially differ from those of other jurors are removed and not taken into account when determining the ranking of candidates. The properties of both approaches are discussed in hypothetical voting scenarios, where one or more jurors assign scores that deviate markedly from those awarded by other jurors. Finally, we present examples of applying various methods to real-world data from classical music competitions, demonstrating the potential effectiveness and implications of each approach in reducing manipulation within these events. Two examples are taken from the International Karol Szymanowski Music Competition, which took place in September 2023 in Katowice, Poland, where EOJ was adopted for the first time as the official scoring system in four competition categories: piano, violin, vocal, and string quartet.</p>","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138532548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"List of Reviewers","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09491-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09491-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135570909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The rule of tome? Longer novels are more likely to win literary awards","authors":"Féidhlim P. McGowan","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09488-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09488-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135667315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The labor market returns of being an artist: evidence from the United States, 2006–2021","authors":"Christos A. Makridis","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09490-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09490-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135739501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Originality, influence, and success: a model of creative style","authors":"Karol Jan Borowiecki, Caterina Adelaide Mauri","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09481-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09481-y","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Creative workers strive to achieve success and influence by producing original output. In this paper we define and measure originality and influence, based on a new model of style. We apply the methodology to Western classical music composed since the 15th century, and test it using extensive data on the content of musical compositions, popular success, and biographical information. We find that more original composers tend to be more influential upon the work of their later peers and more successful with present-day audiences. A positive association between originality and influence also holds across works by a given composer.","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136010806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preference formation in demand for live theatre","authors":"D. Throsby, J. Severn, Katya Petetskaya","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09487-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09487-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45655778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Valuing European tapestry: from riches to rags","authors":"A. Radermecker, K. Brosens","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09484-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09484-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":"47 1","pages":"359 - 406"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45552845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The global impact of public and private funding on cultural and economic movie success: evidence from German film funding","authors":"Nicolas R. Weber, A. Marchand, Reinhard E. Kunz","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09486-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09486-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43736745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The economics of art history","authors":"Federico Etro, David W. Galenson","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09485-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09485-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":"47 1","pages":"355 - 358"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45123862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jimmyn Parc and Patrick A. Messerlin: The untold story of the Korean film industry: a global business and economic perspective","authors":"Roya Hayatina Latua-Silawane, Emy Rosiana","doi":"10.1007/s10824-023-09482-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-023-09482-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47190,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Cultural Economics","volume":"47 1","pages":"723-726"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52358230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}