1993•Unpublished venueRequires access
The Economics of Art and Culture: An American Perspective
James Heilbrun, Charles M. Gray
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Abstract
1. Introduction: definition and description of the art and culture industry 2. Growth of the arts sector in the United States 3. Audiences for the arts 4. Consumer demand: an introduction 5. The characteristics of arts demand and their policy implications 6. Production in the performing arts 7. Firms and markets in the performing arts 8. Productivity lag and the financial problem of the arts 9. The market in works of art 10. The economics of museums 11. Should the government subsidize the arts? 12. Public and/or private support for the arts 13. Public policy toward the arts 14. The arts as a profession: education, training, and employment 15. The role of the arts in a local economy 16. The mass media, public broadcasting and the cultivation of taste 17. Innovation, arts education and the future of art and cuture in the US.