Essays on classical composers' productivity, migration and war

Abstract

This thesis is based on a unique data set that contains records for prominent classical composers. The novelty of these data allows for the overcoming of methodological challenges of previous studies as well as data limitation issues of mainstream research. Therefore, the investigations and findings presented in this thesis it is hoped contribute new insights to several fields in economics. In particular, this thesis contains the first investigation of the causal relationship between geographic clustering and productivity of composers. It further illuminates how war impacts on the number of composers located in a country or their probability to emigrate during war. Finally, an exploration of the influence of war on creative production is conducted.