TY - JOUR

T1 - Arts sponsorship and the state of the city

T2 - The Impact of local socio-economic conditions on corporate arst support

AU - Kirchberg, Volker

PY - 1995/12

Y1 - 1995/12

N2 - This paper explores the correlation between metropolitan social and economic conditions and corporate arts support in the United States. It is hypothesized that the transition from a manufacturing sector economy to an advanced service sector economy is an important local factor for the increase in corporate arts support. By panel analysis, in eleven metropolitan areas between 1977 and 1991 changes in corporate arts support have been correlated with changes in social and economic conditions, i.e., service sector and manufacturing sector employment, service sector and manufacturing sector income, population's educational attainment, and the degree of dominance by the leading local arts supporting industry. Corporate arts support is higher in metropolitan areas where the population is better educated (β=+0.60), the local service sector generates more income (β=+0.37) and the local manufacturing sector generates less income (β=-0.22). Corporations from the manufacturing sector are mostly indifferent towards arts support. In contrast, corporations from the service sector are supportive of the local arts but they also respond swiftly to a loss in their earnings by discontinuing their arts support. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

AB - This paper explores the correlation between metropolitan social and economic conditions and corporate arts support in the United States. It is hypothesized that the transition from a manufacturing sector economy to an advanced service sector economy is an important local factor for the increase in corporate arts support. By panel analysis, in eleven metropolitan areas between 1977 and 1991 changes in corporate arts support have been correlated with changes in social and economic conditions, i.e., service sector and manufacturing sector employment, service sector and manufacturing sector income, population's educational attainment, and the degree of dominance by the leading local arts supporting industry. Corporate arts support is higher in metropolitan areas where the population is better educated (β=+0.60), the local service sector generates more income (β=+0.37) and the local manufacturing sector generates less income (β=-0.22). Corporations from the manufacturing sector are mostly indifferent towards arts support. In contrast, corporations from the service sector are supportive of the local arts but they also respond swiftly to a loss in their earnings by discontinuing their arts support. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

KW - Corporate arts support

KW - economic transition

KW - local social and economic conditions

KW - manufacturing sector and service sector

KW - metropolitan areas

KW - Cultural Distribution/Cultural Organization

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U2 - 10.1007/BF01073993

DO - 10.1007/BF01073993

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:22044444932

VL - 19

SP - 305

EP - 320

JO - Journal of Cultural Economics

JF - Journal of Cultural Economics

SN - 0885-2545

IS - 4

ER -