El flamenco como bien cultural: Una caracterización de la oferta de espectáculos en vivo y su evolución en la ciudad de Sevilla (Spain) 2006-2013

Flamenco has been considered one of the most important elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Spain. From this perspective, Flamenco constitutes an important field of research in the area of Creative Economics, not only from the Cultural Capital perspective, but also as a strategic factor that can generate wealth and employment. The purpose of the present work is twofold. On the one hand, we present the analysis of Flamenco as a cultural good from the perspective of Cultural Economics. On the other hand, a characterization of the supply of Flamenco performance in Seville (Spain) is offered. In this way, we can characterize the kind of firms that supply flamenco performance and we can develop a dynamic analysis of the supply of flamenco in Seville in the period 2006-2013. The major source of data is the guide Flama which collects detailed schedule of all the shows on a monthly basis that allow us to characterize suppliers according to 2 main variables: the nature of suppliers (public, private or non-profit institutions) and the nature and typology of the performance (cante, baile or both). In order to give a richer information, we use a sample of suppliers in the period September � December 2013. Two important contributions of the paper must be taken into account: firstly, the analysis of Flamenco as an example of Immaterial Heritage of Seville which constitutes a complex cultural good; secondly, the dynamic analysis of supply of Flamenco performance in a period of seven years. Both are unexplored features in Cultural Economics up today.