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Who Opposes Government Arts Funding?

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While the reasons for the controversy over public arts funding are well-understood, less clear is the set of variables that associates with strong opposition or support for arts subsidies. Using data from the General Social Survey, this paper builds a model to predict opposition based on ideological, economic, and demographic characteristics. The most important predictors of opposition are found to be political views, gender, income, private donations to the arts, and region of residence. The results in this paper suggest that the benefits of public arts funding accrue primarily to those in the highest income class, and that support varies somewhat according to the level of government providing the funding. Copyright 2001 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Brooks, Arthur C, 2001. "Who Opposes Government Arts Funding?," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 108(3-4), pages 355-367, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:108:y:2001:i:3-4:p:355-67
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    1. Arthur Brooks, 2004. "Do People Really Care About the Arts for Future Generations?," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 28(4), pages 275-284, November.
    2. R. Andrew Luccasen & M. Kathleen Thomas, 2020. "Voluntary taxation and the arts," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 44(4), pages 589-604, December.
    3. Kristien Werck & Bruno Heyndels & Benny Geys, 2008. "The impact of ‘central places’ on spatial spending patterns: evidence from Flemish local government cultural expenditures," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 32(1), pages 35-58, March.
    4. Tepe, Markus & Vanhuysse, Pieter, 2014. "A vote at the opera? The political economy of public theaters and orchestras in the German states," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 254-273.
    5. Niklas Potrafke, 2013. "Evidence on the political principal-agent problem from voting on public finance for concert halls," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 24(3), pages 215-238, September.
    6. Achten-Gozdowski, Jennifer, 2018. "Geschichte und Politökonomie deutscher Theatersubventionen [History and Political Economy of Public Subsidies for German Theatres and Operas]," MPRA Paper 85087, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Lawson A.W. Hunter, Q.C. & Edward Iacobucci & Michael J. Trebilcock, 2010. "Scrambled Signals: Canadian Content Policies in a World of Technological Abundance," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 301, January.
    8. Bernardino Benito & Francisco Bastida & Cristina Vicente, 2013. "Municipal elections and cultural expenditure," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 37(1), pages 3-32, February.
    9. Arthur C. Brooks, 2007. "Income tax policy and charitable giving," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(3), pages 599-612.

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