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| Title: | | On the Public Provision of the Performing Arts  |
| Authors: | | Traub, Stefan Missong, Martin |
| Issue Date: | | 2003 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Economics working paper / Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Department of Economics 2003,02 [rev.] |
| Abstract: | | In this paper, we present a model in which the performing arts are modelled as congestible public goods. In accordance with empirical evidence, the production of seat capacity is assumed to be subject to fixed costs. We estimate the parameters of the model?s demand and cost functions using German data. Using these estimates in a subsequent social choice analysis, we show that the current situation in the German performing arts sector is best described by a directorship that under the influence of a selfish theater lobby maximizes only the welfare of the spectators. Such an equilibrium, characterized by too low ticket prices and too large capacity, is most likely to establish if citizens have a very positive ex ante notion of the performing arts. |
| Subjects: | | Performing Arts Public Facilities Congestion |
| JEL: | | Z10 D71 H40 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, CAU Kiel
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