Research Publications

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Economic Impact of Arts and Cultural Institutions.
Analysis and comparison of how money flows between arts and cultural institutions and local economy through institutional, staff, and audience expenditures and municipal and state revenues and support. Columbus, Minneapolis/St. Paul, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and Springfield (Illinois) are studied.  January 1981  #15R
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Economic Impact of Arts and Cultural Institutions: A Model for Assessment and a Case Study in Baltimore.
A general method for estimating the effects of arts and cultural institutions on the economic environment of their communities.  November 1977  #06R
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Effects of Arts Education on Participation in the Arts.
This study examines the effects of arts education in determining subsequent arts participation. The report provides evidence that arts education is an even greater predictor of arts participation than general education. Louis Bergonzi and Julia Smith.  1996  #36R
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Employment and Unemployment of Artists: 1970-1975.
Census data and Bureau of Labor statistics findings charted to compare employment and unemployment among various kinds of artists and the general labor force.  April 1976  #01R
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Expanding the Audience for the Performing Arts.
The author hypothesizes that becoming involved in the arts is a multi-stage process. A six-stage model is proposed in the study and is tested using data from the 1982 and 1985 Surveys of Public Participation in the Arts. Alan R. Andreasen.  1991  #24R
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