"I go, I pay". The role of experience in recognizing the need for public financing of cultural goods

Bartosz Jusypenko and Aleksandra Wiśniewska

No 2020-04, Working Papers from Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

Abstract: Public financing of culture is a common phenomenon - especially in European countries. Empirical studies reveal that it is socially acceptable and even desirable. However, a question arises: what factors influence support for such a cultural policy? The study shows that the most important determinant is related to experience - past and future, anticipated. People who often and intensively consume various cultural goods, are also more willing to subsidize them through the public sector. The results of the study not only show that regular contact with culture has a positive impact on understanding the important role of the state in shaping the cultural sector, but also that the attitude towards cultural policy changes rapidly after crossing a certain threshold of experience.

Keywords: cultural policy; cultural goods; experienced goods; rational addiction; non-market valuation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 D91 Z10 Z18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2020
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