@techreport{NBERw11282, title = "Rockonomics: The Economics of Popular Music", author = "Marie Connolly and Alan B. Krueger", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "11282", year = "2005", month = "April", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w11282", abstract = {This paper considers economic issues and trends in the rock and roll industry, broadly defined. The analysis focuses on concert revenues, the main source of performers ' income. Issues considered include: price measurement; concert price acceleration in the 1990s; the increased concentration of revenue among performers; reasons for the secondary ticket market; methods for ranking performers; copyright protection; and technological change.}, }