subsidized arts, and by tax concessions to private owners who agree to preserve their heritage buildings and sites. The …

art markets. Hume and Turgot perceived positive social benefits emerging from the arts, and they attempted to understand … had not been undertaken before. Like some other Enlightenment thinkers, Smith pictured the arts as being mainly about the … performance, insisted that the arts should not be distinguished from other forms of entertainment: pushpin, he asserted, equals …

incentives for what is considered to be desirable behavior vis-à-vis the arts and culture, particularly though not exclusively … resources to the arts and culture; the kinship between tax incentives and matching grants; the economics of tax incentives for … and variations in the funding of the arts and culture are taking place, and (ii) that this proliferation is more likely …

support for preservation of heritage, this is more difficult for the performing arts. Due to changing technologies and advent … the judgement on artistic qualities and execution of cultural policy to an independent Arts Fund, with the Minister of …

purpose, and made significant contributions to a variety of fields until the Great Depression, though funding for the arts was … arts and culture, and when corporate philanthropy emerged in the 1950s it was also often aimed at the arts and culture. The … National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities have been responsible since 1965 for the central government contribution to …

This chapter critically assesses, from an economic viewpoint, the role of the arts and culture in urban and regional … creativity. In addition, the specific possibilities for using arts and cultural activities as a focal point in strategies for … urban revitalization are discussed including the role of tourism, the non-market demand for arts and culture as an element …

The organization of the creative (arts and entertainment) industries rests on many types of contracts. These contracts …-profit enterprises dominate a number of arts activities, apparently for two interrelated reasons. These activities incur high fixed but …

The nonprofit performing arts have received substantial attention in the cultural economics literature, and represent … prominent empirical studies on performing arts nonprofits. The chapter begins with a description of the nonprofit sector – and … the role of the performing arts in this sector – around the world. I then ask why performing arts nonprofits exist, taking …