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Michael Rushton

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentArt History and Market AnalysisSocial and Cultural DynamicsFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthPublic Policy and Administration Research

Publications

96

Citations

541

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1991

Research summary
AI-generated

Michael Rushton studies the economics and policy of the arts, examining how governments fund cultural activities and the moral and political reasoning behind those choices. His work explores questions such as pricing in the arts, tax treatment of nonprofits, and how ideas like equality, liberalism, and communitarianism shape public support for culture.

Public funding for the artsCultural policyEconomics of the artsArts management and nonprofitsPolitical philosophy of cultural support

Publication activity has been steady at a few papers per year, with a notable spike in 2023 driven by a multi-chapter book project on public funding for the arts.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 10 publications10232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • New directions in cultural policy research×9
  • Cultural Trends×6
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×5
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks×2
  • The Journal of Arts Management Law and Society×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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