Author: Blaug, Mark

Publication Year: 1975

Media Type: Book

Summary:

Abstract:

The economics of the arts is a relatively new subject, with a small but steadily growing literature. It has emerged in recent years out of the eagerness of economists to apply their tools to hitherto untried areas and the recognition by arts administrators of the increasing economic pressures on the arts. The the time is hardly ripe for a textbook in the economics of the arts but this collection of articles will, it is hoped, demonstrate that there really is such a subject and that its achievements to date have already done much to illuminate the economic problems of the arts. (p. 13)

CONTENTS
Individual chapters are analyzed. Chapters are grouped into the following sections:

A. The rationale for public subsidies to the arts.
B. Evaluating public expenditures.
C. Special problems.

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Creative Economies