Arts of the states in crisis-Revisiting determinants of state-level appropriations to arts agencies

Bibliographic Data

ID4330127
AuthorsDouglas S Noonan (0000-0003-4654-9077, University of Indianapolis, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume49
Pages30-42
Publication date2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePoetics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-422X • E-ISSN: 1872-7514
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.poetic.2015.02.002
OpenAlexW2079496485
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited15

Clearly, much has happened to the state of public coffers and their ability to finance the arts in the past decade. This study extends Noonan (2007) into the next decade and the “Great Recession” that hit the U.S. (and world) economy-with state public finances severely exposed to the downward economic shock. The emphasis of the empirical analysis here is answering a twofold question: how well have past models predicted the past decade of funding patterns, and how have the funding determinants shifted in recent years. While the previous work found that some predictable patterns (e.g., there is much momentum in funding, demographics and partisan politics matter), there was insufficient evidence to back the claims that SAAs suffer disproportionately during times of fiscal stress. Further, political culture has changed substantially in the US in recent decades. From today's vantage, we can observe how well the older models predict the changes actually experienced. This comparison shows that the severe budget cuts experienced in the wake of the recession were to be expected, but there are some interesting shortcomings in the previous understanding, which points to a shift in the determinants of public arts funding in the U.S

Economics · Great recession · Keynesian economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Recession · Sociology · State (computer science · The arts · Art History and Market Analysis · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy