id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_46wmz2hmybd3bp23vpzkxqofpi Luc Renneboog Buying Beauty: On Prices and Returns in the Art Market 2013 32 .pdf application/pdf 13846 1380 72 Based on the resulting price index, we conclude that art has appreciated in value by a Key words: art; auctions; hedonic regressions; investments; repeat-sales regressions; sentiment. new data set of nearly 1.1 million auction sales to re-examine the price formation and returns in the art We perform a hedonic regression analysis which relates transaction prices to a wide range of valuedetermining characteristics and year effects. The estimated returns on art vary with data, methodology, and the time period under consideration In this paper, we construct a price index for art using the hedonic regression methodology. the art market follow recent sales prices, this implies a return measurement bias when the market reverses (Goetzmann real returns on art are based on our corrected price index Π*, and are shown in Table 3. The real returns on art are based on our corrected price index Π*, and are shown in ./cache/work_46wmz2hmybd3bp23vpzkxqofpi.pdf ./txt/work_46wmz2hmybd3bp23vpzkxqofpi.txt