Optimal Subsidies to the Arts in a Shortsighted World
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GENERAL
This article is concerned with to what extent may subsidies to artistic activities be justified by standard economic cost-benefit reasoning. The author concludes that the cultivation of taste and standard cost-benefit reasoning jointly support the conjecture that subsidies could be required to sustain efficient market equilibria, despite globally increasing marginal cost.