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Formulating Cost and Output Policies
Formulating Cost and Output Policies
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Ce texte presente une analyse economique des relationsentre les prix, les coiits et
l'outputdes entreprisesprofessionnellesceuvrantdans le domainedes artsdu specta-
cle. Cette analyseest fondee sur les resultatsd'unexamenempiriquedes fonctionsde
cooitde ce domaine.Les effets sur la productionde certainesvariablescomme durie
de la saison, le rapportentre representationslocales et representationsen tournee, la
diversit6des representationssont examinees, de memeque les questionsd'economie
d'echelle, au moyen d'analyseen coupes instantandesdes cooitset de la productivit6
de 60 entreprisescanadiennesceuvrantdans le domainedes arts du spectacle. Les
implicationsde cette etude empiriquepour la pratiquedu gouvernementrelativeaux
subsidesallouesaux artset plus au problemede la decentralisationde
artistiquesont particuli.rement
explicitees.
l'activit6
INTRODUCTION
Theatrecompanies 20 3 77
Symphonyorchestras 44 12 44
Opera,ballet& dance
companies 37 16 47
EMPIRICAL STUDY
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
Theatreand OperaCompanies SymphonyOrchestras
CanadianMimeTheatre AtlanticSymphonyOrchestra
CanadianOperaCompany BrantfordSymphonyOrchestra
CitadelTheatre CalgaryPhilharmonicSociety
CharlottetownSummerFestival ChamberPlayersof Toronto
EdmontonOperaCompany Deep RiverSymphonyOrchestra
FactoryTheatreLab East YorkSymphonyOrchestra
GlobeTheatreSociety EasternOntarioConcertOrchestra
Le Theatredu RideauVert EdmontonSymphonySociety
MagnusTheatreNorth West EtobicokePhilharmonicSociety
ManitobaTheatreCentre GeorgianBay CommunityOrchestra
MontrealInternationalTheatre HamiltonPhilharmonic
NationalArts Centre,HexagonCompany HuroniaSymphonyOrchestra
NeptuneTheatre InternationalSymphonyOrchestra
PlayhouseTheatreCompany KingstonSymphonyOrchestra
QuebecOperaCompany Kitchener-WaterlooSymphonyOrchestra
Shaw Festival LondonSymphonyOrchestra
StratfordShakespearianFestival McGillChamberOrchestra
StudioLab NationalArts CentreOrchestra
TarragonTheatre NorthYorkSymphonyOrchestra
Thifitrede Nouveau Monde OakvilleSymphonyOrchestra
du nouvelOntario OrchestreSymphoniquede Montreal
Theiltredu P'titBonheur L'OrchestreSymphoniquede Quebec
The6tre
Theitre Passe Muraille OshawaSymphonyOrchestra
TorontoArts Foundation OttawaCivic Symphony
TorontoWorkshopProductions PeterboroughSymphonyOrchestra
VancouverOperaCompany St. CatharinesSymphonyAssociation
YoungPeoples'Theatre TorontoSymphonyOrchestra
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Ontario Arts Council) forthcoming.
Fisk, George (1963) Leisure Spending-Behavior (University of Pennsylvania Press)
Ford Foundation (1974) Financing The Performing Arts (New York)
Houthakker, H.S. and L.D. Taylor (1970) Consumer Demand in the United States;
Analyses and Projections 2nd ed. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press)
Moore, Thomas G. (I968) The Economics of the American Theater (Durham: Duke
University Press)