Although art museums do not pay any substantial taxes, they are greatly affected by various U.S. tax rules. The … individual receives a deduction for donations of art to museums, the estate gets a deduction for bequests, and the corporation … gets a deduction for charitable gifts. Art museums also are not taxed on investment income or on some "related" business …

limit the discretion of managers. In a study of U.S. art museums, I find that this practice has grown significantly in …, museums shift their cost structures away from administration and toward program services, and they exhibit very high savings ….S. art museums may represent a reaction by contributors to the industry's high rates of financial distress, weak boards of …

emotions such as enjoyment and happiness. They are also less likely to report a range of negative experiences, like sadness …

We measure the impact of individuals' looks on life satisfaction/happiness. Using five data sets, from the U.S., Canada … additional satisfaction/happiness among men, 0.12 among women. Accounting for a wide variety of covariates, particularly effects …

differences in the dynamics of two key measures of subjective well-being: emotions and life evaluations. We find that there is no … size and likely determinants of the weekend effects for emotions. Weekend effects are twice as large for full-time paid …