Unbalanced Growth and the Demand for Performing Arts: An Econometric Analysis

Withers, Glenn

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“…These results are in line with the findings of other studies (see Moore, 1966;Gapinski, 1984Gapinski, , 1986Werck and Heyndels, 2007;O'Hagan and Zieba, 2010). Income elasticity though is the net effect of two offsetting factors, price of leisure time and full-income, and Withers (1980) and Zieba (2009) have shown that the elasticity with respect to the latter is in fact well above one.…”

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Determinants of Demand for Theatre Tickets in Austria and Switzerland

Zieba

2016

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This paper presents a short, comparative analysis of the determinants of theatre attendance using a novel panel data set for Austrian and Swiss non-profit theatres. The results of the econometric analysis suggest that price and income have significant effects on theatre attendance, the first effect being negative and the second positive. However, both price and income elasticities are not greater than one in absolute values. This reinforces the findings of previous studies on the determinants of demand for theatre. Furthermore, the results indicate that total theatre capacity and in some cases objective output characteristics are also important determinants of attendance, in line with some previous studies.Zusammenfassung: Dieser Artikel stellt eine kurze, vergleichende Analyse der bestimmenden Faktoren für Theaterbesucherzahlen dar, bezogen auf neue Paneldaten fürÖsterreichische und Schweizer gemeinnützige Theater. Die Ergebnisse derökonometrischen Analyse deuten darauf hin, dass der Preis und das Einkommen signifikanten Einfluss auf den Theaterbesuch haben, der erste Effekt wirkt negativ und der zweite positiv. Jedoch sind sowohl Preisals auch Einkommenselastizität nicht größer als eins in absoluten Werten. Das bekräftigt Erkenntnisse früherer Studienüber die bestimmenden Größen für die Theaternachfrage. Außerdem zeigen die Resultate, dass die gesamte Theaterkapazität und in einigen Fällen die objektiven Output-Eigenschaften auch wichtige bestimmende Faktoren für die Besucherzahl darstellen, was mit einigen bisherigen Studienübereinstimmt.

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Determinants of Demand for Theatre Tickets in Austria and Switzerland

Zieba

2016

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“…The endogeneity of theatre ticket price may come from the classical issue where demand and supply are simultaneously determined. However, many studies for the performing arts applied a single equation demand model in which they explicitly assumed that ticket price is exogenous given the recursive nature of theatrical productions (Moore 1966;Withers 1980;Gapinski 1988;Werck and Heyndels 2007). This assumption may also hold for Austrian theatres where their supply does not respond to demand during the yearly theatre season, as both theatre ticket and repertoire are decided in advance.…”

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“…The ticket price variable, P jt , is calculated similarly to Zieba (2009), Werck and Heyndels (2007), Gapinski (1984), Withers (1980), and Toma and Meads (2007), by dividing operating revenues in a theatre obtained from tickets sales by the total number of visitors. It is measured in EUR and adjusted using the consumer price index for the year 2005.…”

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“…However, Austrian theatres received relatively little attention in the economic literature on the performing arts in contrast to Germany (see Zieba 2009;O'Hagan and Zieba 2010) or other countries (see e.g. Laamanen 2013;Werck and Heyndels 2007;Withers 1980;Gapinski 1984Gapinski , 1986Gapinski , 1988. Theatre attendance also did not decline in Austria as happened in Germany.…”

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Tourism flows and the demand for regional and city theatres in Austria

Zieba

2015

J Cult Econ

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This paper investigates the impact of tourism flows on demand for large regional and city theatres in Austria over the period from 1972 to 2011 (39 years). The results are obtained by applying an aggregated theatre demand function for both residents and tourists. The elasticity of theatre attendance in response to tourism is estimated along with other standard demand variables such as ticket price and income. The quality factors and theatre-specific effects are also included. The tourism flows variables are derived using detailed data set on tourist arrivals and their overnight counts, and they are also split between domestic and foreign tourists. To measure the impact of tourism flows on theatre demand, three alternative theatre markets specifications are considered. The total elasticity of attendance per capita in response to tourism is estimated between 15 to 20%, indicating that increasing the number of arrivals by two tourists per resident in the relevant market would generate an increase in theatre attendance by 581-680 thousand visitors per year. The role of tourism flows is found to be particularly important for attendance at opera, operetta and musicals as opposed to attendance at drama performances. The analysis also reveals that foreign, nonGerman tourists have a positive impact on theatre attendance whereas domestic tourists do not contribute significantly to higher demand for Austrian theatres.

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“…However, this positive influence might be offset by the high opportunity cost of time. The effects of income on attendance reflect the net outcome of joint influences of pure income effect and a leisure-price substitution effect (Withers 1980). The leisure-price substitution effect is important in time-intensive activities (Zieba 2009 or Wen andCheng 2013).…”

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Arts audiences in Finland

Suominen

2017

Kultpo

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Unbalanced Growth and the Demand for Performing Arts: An Econometric Analysis

Cited by 123 publications

References 10 publications

Determinants of Demand for Theatre Tickets in Austria and Switzerland

Determinants of Demand for Theatre Tickets in Austria and Switzerland

Tourism flows and the demand for regional and city theatres in Austria

Arts audiences in Finland

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