Chapter 36 Tax Incentives in Cultural Policy

Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1253-1298

  Schuster, J Mark ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

charitable donations; crowding theory; cultural policy; incidence analysis; income elasticity of giving; matching grants; models of decision making; nonprofit sector; price elasticity of giving; tax credits; tax deductions; tax expenditures; tax incentives; tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049155764     PISSN: 15740676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0676(06)01036-2     Document Type: Review

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