Library
Articles
Facing the Music. Billboard Magazine
Secondary Ticket Market in UK Gets a Boost Ticket News
Pressure grows on the online touts' dream ticket The Manchester Guardian
Ticket Scalping Comes Out of the Shadows Washington Post
Integrating primary, secondary markets can benefit team, fans Sports Business Journal
Eric Baker: Respectable face of ticket touting UK Telegraph
MPs rule out ban on touting UK Channel 4
eBay wins battle over ticket scalping The Australian
What's the score on secondary ticketing? BBC
The Value of Scalping. The Boston Globe
Is the Ticket Biz Out of Line? The Washington Post,
Judge: Fan can sue Sox ticket reseller The Boston Globe
Scalping law? What scalping law? The Boston Globe
Multibillion-dollar industry pressures state to loosen restrictions on resales. The Boston Globe
Exploring ‘gray area’ of ticket law: An interview with Jim Holzman, president of Ace Ticket, the largest ticket reseller in Massachusetts The Boston Globe, Accessed online at:
Ticketmaster vs. Ticket Buyers The Wall Street Journal.
To Protect Its Box-Office Turf, Ticketmaster Plays Rivals’ Tune.
Can’t Get No… Tickets. The Wall Street Journal.
Like it or not, scalping is a force of the free market. The Boston Globe
Legalize Ticket Scalpers Examiner.com
Ticket scalping is a market function, not a criminal activity Wichita Liberty
Ticket Scalpers Are Hidden Heroes mises.org
Why Is Ticket Scalping Illegal Pricing for Profit
Should Ticket Scalping be Illegal?
Ticket scalping has new name and image New Jersey Online
Arkansas lawmaker wants to legalize ticket scalping - ESPN
New York Legislature Allows Ticket Scalping to Continue New York Times
Get rid of ridiculous ticket scalping laws Detroit News
A winner-loser scenario: Ticket scalping goes legit Boston Globe
Bill to avert ticket scalping ignores market realities Deseret News
Ticket scalping gives way to Web UPI
Ticket scalpers NZ's unsung entrepreneurs National Business Review New Zealand
Scrap scalping laws Boston Globe
Drop anti-scalping law: Ticketmaster Winnipeg Free Press Canada
Movement to deregulate ticket resale is spreading USA Today
A Window Into Ticket Scalping Wall St. Journal
Scalping laws should be axed Crain's New York Business
The value of scalping Boston Globe
Multibillion-dollar secondary ticketing industry pressures states to loosen restrictions on resales Boston Globe
Free market for tickets helps fans Sacramento Bee
Madonna signs breakthrough secondary ticketing deal Music Week
Scalpers are arbitragers of the arena New York Times
New Era of Ticket Resales: Online and Aboveboard New York Times
Hypocritical Artists and Secondary Ticket Sales TechCrunch
Guest commentary: the evolving primary and secondary ticket market Ticket News
Guest Commentary: The Global Secondary Ticketing Market Ticket News
Walter Block has a chapter in his book Defending the Undefendable that defends the ticket scalper. (A reading of the chapter may be listened to here. The book in pdf form is here.)
Letters: Turning secondary ticketing legitimate New Media Age
Academia
Atkinson, J. J. (2004) The Economics of Ticket Scalping University of Notre Dame.
Stephen K. Happel and Marianne M. Jennings (2007) The Folly of Anti-Scalping Laws Cato Institute
Connolly, M. & Kruger, A. (2006) Rockonomics: The Economics of Popular Music NBER Working Paper No. W11282
Courty, P. (Spring 2003) Some Economics of Ticket Resale Journal of Economic Perspectives
Courty, P. (8/2003) Ticket Pricing Under Demand Uncertainty Department of Economics, London Business School.
Leslie, P & Sorensen, A. (2007) The Welfare Effects of Ticket Resale Working Paper, Stanford University.
Segrave, K. (2007) Ticket Scalping: An American History 1850-2005 McFarland & Co. North Carolina (book).
Halcoussis, D., & Mathews, T. (2007) eBay Auctions for Third Eye Blind Concert Tickets Journal of Cultural Economics.
Other
Cuomo, A . M. (1999) Why Cant I Get Tickets? Report on Distribution Practices Bureau of
Investor Protection and Securities – Office of the New York State Attorney General
DeGraba, P. (1995) Buying Frenzies and Seller Induced Excess Demand Rand Journal of
Economics
Rosen, S. & Rosenfeld, A. (1997) Ticket Pricing. Journal of Law and Economics. Vol 40, No., 2
Thaler, R. (1980) Towards a positive theory of consumer choice. Journal of Economic Behavior
and Organization Vol. 1. pp 39-60