Accounting for Free Digital Cultural Goods in the GDP of the Economy of Culture and Creative Industries: Methodological Considerations

François Moreau (1, 2)

1 CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord
2 LABEX ICCA

Since they are offered free of charge to consumers, despite their growing importance the digital creative and cultural goods and services are hardly being considered at all in the statistics of the national accounts, or in the statistics of gross domestic product (GDP). The present article reviews methodological approaches that can allow legislators and economists to overcome this disadvantage through the use of inexpensive and easy tools, with a focus on the benefits generated by free digital goods and services.

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences

François Moreau. Accounting for Free Digital Cultural Goods in the GDP of the Economy of Culture and Creative Industries: Methodological Considerations. Revista Observatório, 2023, 34, pp.36-42. ⟨10.53343/100521.34⟩. ⟨hal-04570596⟩