Valuing museums as economic engines: Willingness to pay or discounting of cash-flows?

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-162

  Plaza, Beatriz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Art4pax Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Discounting cash flows; Economic valuation; Museums as economic engines

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949798187     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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