Purpose This study focuses on ratcheting and budget behavior in nonprofit museums.
Specifically, the authors examine how performance compared with the budget affects future …

In this paper we discuss the ongoing restructuring of local cultural policy in Norway. Since
the 1990s, we argue, the local cultural sector has been undergoing a structural change, in …

We investigated the travel behavior of the elderly in two United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO Heritage Cities in Malaysia, George Town and …

This paper analyzes the effects that the 2012 VAT rise in Spain had on household'demand
for cultural goods and services. Household'demands are modeled as a two-stage QUAIDS …

Głównym celem rozważań zawartych w tej książce jest próba oceny, czy iw jaki sposób
decentralizacja fiskalna wpływa na funkcjonowanie sektora publicznego w Polsce na …

This article analyzes whether expenditure on the provision of merit goods, culture, health,
education, and sports, by local governments, in medium-sized cities (between 20,000 and …

The aim of this paper is to define expenditure and revenue decentralization indicators for
Polish municipalities and to analyze if and how the limits of spending and revenue …

The regional public galleries in the Czech Republic belong to the most important and the
biggest institutions of their kind. The article deals with the assessment of the technical and …

Taking into account the European integration course of Ukraine, it is necessary to evaluate
the socio-economic conditions of cultural sphere development in the countries of the …

In recent years, we have seen large investments in spectacular buildings hosting cultural
institutions, with the dual aim of facilitating culture and generating economic growth. This …