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The State And The Arts |
John W. O’Hagan, Associate Professor of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and President of the Association for Cultural Economics International
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| 1998 |
256 pp |
Hardback |
978 1 85898 287 8 |
£71.00 |
on-line discount
£63.90 |
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‘The word judicious comes to mind when reading this book. Nowhere have I seen a better presentation of the arguments for and against government subsidy of the arts. Whether it concerns the tax system, direct grants, or policies towards art museums, O’Hagan has a keen and unerring eye for which features of the issue are salient. . . . In each case the book can be read with profit by a wide range of individuals, from economics of the arts specialists to arts practitioners to advanced undergraduates. The generality of the appeal, without sacrificing quality analysis, is perhaps the book’s greater virtue. . . . At the end the reader is left wanting more. . .’
– Tyler Cowen, Journal of Economic Literature
‘This is a well researched, well written and enlightening book.’
– Economic Outlook and Business Review
At a time when state assistance to the arts sector has come under considerable scrutiny both in Europe and the United States, this book comprehensively examines the evolution of, and rationale for, state involvement with the so-called ‘high’ arts on both continents. It offers an overview of the key economic issues arising in relation to the state and the arts in these regions, with a detailed analysis of the European and American models of state assistance to the high arts sector.
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Contents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: Policy Rationale: Why the State gets Involved 2. Non-Private Benefits 3. Information Failures and Distributional Issues Part II: Policy Implementation: How the State gets Involved 4. Regulation 5. Taxation 6. Direct Expenditures Part III: Sectoral Policy Issues: Effects of State Involvement 7. Art Museums 8. Performing Arts Institutions Index
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