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This paper combines perspectives on nonprofit organizations, clubs and club goods, demand for performing arts, and demand for charitable contributions to consider relationships between nonprofit organizations in the performing arts and their patrons. A broad view is taken of factors influencing demand for club goods, charitable donations, and for the live performing arts. These are integrated in a model of demand for the outputs and services of nonprofits in the performing arts. Data from a single institution is used to test hypotheses. Conclusions are drawn for organizational policy and economic theory.
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Kushner, R., King, A.E. Performing arts as a club good: Evidence from a nonprofit organization. J Cult Econ 18, 15–28 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01207150
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