State Support and Creativity in the Arts: Some New Considerations

Bruno Frey

Journal of Cultural Economics, 1999, vol. 23, issue 1, 85 pages

Abstract: Neglected aspects of state support for the arts are discussed through posing two questions. First, “What kind of state is providing that support?” The extent and type of public support and its effects on the arts crucially depends on whether the state is centralised or decentralised, and on whether it is authoritarian or democratic. Second, “How is artistic creativity fostered?” ”Institutional creativity” is best supported by attributing a large role to the market and market-like institutions. “Personal creativity” hinges on intrinsic motivation, which may be crowded out by different types of public support. Important consequences for the public support of the arts follow. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1999

Keywords: art subsidies; state support; creativity; crowding-out; institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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