TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Artists' suicides as a public good
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Cameron, Sam
A1  - Yang Lester, Bijou
A1  - Lester, David
SP  - 389
EP  - 396
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - This Commentary suggests that it is possible, from an economic perspective, that any individual artist/celebrity suicide may be of net benefit to society. Sales of the artist's products and associated merchandise may increase after the suicide, and people, including those who were not even born at the time of the suicide, may derive value from its iconic reification, not to mention the higher value they derive from some private goods. A case study of Kurt Cobain is given to illustrate this phenomenon.
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110500182489
ID  - ref1
ER  -