Abstract
Public intervention for culture is widespread and takes place with differences among different countries. That depends on the way of conceiving the role of the State in the society and economy, the institutional framework, and the priorities set for cultural policies. The same holds true for crafts policies. These differences reflect the different reasons that justify public intervention for the sector and affect the tools that can be used to implement the policies. The chapter illustrates the reasons that cultural economists use to justify government intervention for culture and crafts, more specifically. It also shows which tools are used, depending on the rationale for public intervention, focusing specifically on the craft sector.
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See supra chapter Goto, Cominelli.
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Cf. Chapter Ellis and Lo , and Goto .
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Cf. Supra Chapter 3.
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For a critical survey of the arguments in favor of public support see van der Ploeg (2006).
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Congestion due to the increase in the number of people benefiting from the good at a time may reduce individual benefit.
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Typical examples of this are public defense, firework, public lights: all people benefit from them even when they do not contribute to their provision.
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See Stiglitz and Rosengard (2015).
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Bequest, option and existence values are the most commonly referred to next to prestige, identity, historical values. See Throsby (2010).
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The reduction of public funds for culture have stimulated the direct participation of people in the provision of culture.
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This model has practically disappeared as, nowadays, the financing of public museums and cultural organizations in general takes place through a combination of public and private funds. This mixed model has been developing with increased speed since the financial crisis .
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See the chapters in the 1st part of the volume.
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Interestingly, in Germany education and the transmission of skills have traditionally been the focus of policies for craft (cf. Fjeldsted’s chapter).
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Mignosa, A. (2019). Policies for Crafts: Rationale and Tools. In: Mignosa, A., Kotipalli, P. (eds) A Cultural Economic Analysis of Craft. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02164-1_5
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