Regional Differences in Operation Efficiency of Provincial Museums in China:Trend,Reasons,and Implications
HU Hui-yuan1,2
1. College of Communication,East China University of Political Science and Law,Shanghai,201620; 2. Institute of Cultural Industry Development of Yangtze River Delta,Nanjing University,Nanjing,Jiangsu,210093
Abstract:The museum is an important part of regional public cultural service system.By introducing the Balanced Scorecard theory (BSC) to construct a three-stage DEA expansion model,our research avoids problems such as insufficient basis for index selection and no consideration of the impact of external environment when only DEA is used.We use the cross-sectional data in 2017 to measure the service efficiency of provincial museums in China and compare their differences.Our findings are as follows:at national level,most regional museums still increase in the returns to scale,but their operation efficiency is generally low due to small scale;at regional level,museums show imbalance with the operation efficiency typical decreasing from east to west.Apart from internal factors such as management and scale,external factors such as economic development,government support,higher education,degree of fiscal decentralization and fiscal expenditure preference may also impact regional differences in service efficiency of provincial museums in China.From the perspective of efficiency,currently the government should change from “fiscal subsidies”to “policy guidance”in the governance of museums,namely,to appropriately reduce financial subsidies and introduce loose policies to guide museums to improve management and ability for self-development.
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