Demand for and Productivity Analysis of Turkish Public Theater
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2006
Publication Title
Journal of Cultural Economics
DOI
10.1007/s10824-006-9014-7
Abstract
We estimate a demand function for live theater provided by the General Directorate of State Theaters in Turkey. We show that demand is more elastic in less developed cities, that attendance is not significantly affected by various qualitative variables, and that the government's practice of offering free passes to government officials is an ineffective way of increasing paid attendance. Comedies and musicals both show significantly higher attendance. Having a Turkish author does not significantly affect attendance. Having a known author significantly increases attendance for more developed cities but not for less developed cities. Being the opening season significantly reduces attendance in less developed cities but has no effect in more developed cities. We also present evidence of inefficiency in state theaters in Turkey through a performance of plays equation in which we evaluate the determinants of the number of performances per play.
Recommended Citation
Akdede, Sacit Hadi, John T. King.
2006.
"Demand for and Productivity Analysis of Turkish Public Theater."
Journal of Cultural Economics, 30 (3): 219-231: Springer.
doi: 10.1007/s10824-006-9014-7
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/economics-facpubs/18
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