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Restricting international trade in the national artistic patrimony: economic rationale and policy instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2005

J O'Hagan
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
C McAndrew
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Extract

This article examines the rationale for restricting the international artistic patrimony. The meaning of national patrimony is analysed, and rationales for state funding and interventions in the art market are analysed in light of the nonprivate benefits that this category of art produces. Distributional concerns about the international movement of art are considered. The second part of the article provides a taxonomy of restrictions used to prevent art objects leaving a nation, namely export restrictions, import regulations, and tax policies and incentives.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The International Cultural Property Society

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