The Funding Process in a Comparative Perspective: Some Methodological Issues

  • Michele Trimarchi
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Abstract

Economic research on the arts has known, through almost thirty years of its rise and development, markedly uneven accomplishments, not only on pure theoretical grounds but also in terms of empirical research, also due to the frequent lack of both a consistent methodological background and a comprehensive set of data1

Keywords

Public Funding Cultural Activity Cultural Institution Comparative Perspective Public Subsidy 
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