Download This PaperUnderstanding State Government Appropriations for the Arts: 1976-1999
23 Pages Posted: 2 Apr 2007
Date Written: July 2006
Abstract
Using panel data analysis, we examine the relative importance of citizen and government characteristics on a highly discretionary and volatile budget item: state appropriations to arts agencies. Despite the unimportance of arts spending to most citizens, changes in arts spending appear to reflect citizen desires. Spending rises with per capita income, state revenues, and citizen political and social liberalism, but characteristics of state legislatures do not significantly affect spending.
Keywords: Arts Funding, Divided Government, Stte Government
JEL Classification: Z10, H72
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Gregory B. Lewis (Contact Author)
Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies - Dept. of Public Management & Policy ( email )
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
PO Box 3992
Atlanta, GA 30302-3992
United States
Michael J. Rushton
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) ( email )
1315 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
United States