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| Author: | Nogare, C.D. Galizzi, M.M. |
| Title: | The political economy of cultural spending: evidence from Italian cities |
| Journal: | Journal of Cultural Economics
2011 : VOL 35:3, p. 203-231 |
| Index terms: | political economy local government public sector culture expenditure Italy |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Political Economy and the Economics of Art and Cultural Heritage rarely have intersected. This article explores the relationship between Italian municipalities' spending on culture in the 1990s and 2000s and a number of political variables, such as a left/right dummy, an election year dummy and a term limit indicator, controlling, among others, for economic as well as socio-demographic characteristics of their population, level of human capital and instruction, proxies of social capital, extent of private financing of cultural provision, touristic and artistic relevance. Panel data regression analysis is used. It is found that there are indeed some significant political determinants of local government cultural expenditure. |
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