World Heritage List: does it make sense?

International Journal of Cultural Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-573

  Frey, Bruno S ^a,b,c   Steiner, Lasse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CREMA CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cultural certificates; culture; global public goods; UNESCO; world heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857067608     PISSN: 10286632     EISSN: 14772833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2010.541906     Document Type: Article

References (76)

1. Agnew, N. and Demas, M. 2002. Principles for the conservation of heritage sites in China, Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute.
2. Ashworth, G.J. and van der Aa, B.J.M. 2006. "Strategy and policy for the world heritage convention: goals, practices and future solutions". In Managing world heritage sites, Edited by: Leask, A. and Fyall, A. 147-158. London: Elsevier.
3. Batisse, M. 1992. The struggle to save our world heritage. Environment, 34: 12-32.
4. Benhamou, F. 1996. Is increased public spending for the preservation of historic monuments inevitable? The French case. Journal of cultural economics, 20: 115-131.
5. Benhamou, F. 2003. "Heritage". In A handbook of cultural economics, Edited by: Towse, R. 255-262. Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
6. Bonet, L. 2003. "Cultural tourism". In A handbook of cultural economics, Edited by: Towse, R. 187-193. Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
7. Buchanan, J.M. 1980. "Rent-seeking and profit-seeking". In Toward a theory of the rent-seeking society, Edited by: Buchanan, J.M., Tollison, R.M. and Tullock, G. 1-15. Texas: Texas A & M University Press.
8. Cellini, R. 2010. Is UNESCO recognition effective in fostering tourism? A comment on Yang, Lin and Han. Tourism management, 32(2): 452-454.
9. Cleere, H. 1998. "Europe's cultural heritage from a world perspective". In Sustaining the cultural heritage of Europe, Edited by: ICOMOS UK. 22-33. London: ICOMOS UK.
10. Cleere, H. 2006. "Foreword". In Managing world heritage sites, Edited by: Fyall, A. and Leask, A. xxi-xxiii. London: Elsevier.
11. Cochrane, J. and Tapper, R. 2006. "Tourism's contribution to world heritage site management". In Managing world heritage sites, Edited by: Leask, A. and Fyall, A. London: Elsevier.
12. Delaive, A., Kristant, E., Petrowski, C. and Santos, L. 2002. The church floors in Venice, Italy: an archeological study and analysis, Venice: Venice Project Center.
13. Demsetz, H. 1964. The exchange and enforcement of property rights. Journal of law and economics, 7: 11-26.
14. Frey, B.S. 1997. "The evaluation of cultural heritage. Some critical issues". In Economic perspectives on cultural heritage, Edited by: Hutter, M. and Rizzo, I. London: Macmillan.
15. Frey, B.S. 2003. Arts and economics. Analysis and cultural policy., 2nd ed., Berlin, Heidelberg and New York: Springer.
16. Frey, B.S. 2004. Dealing with terrorism: stick or carrot?, Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
17. Frey, B.S. and Pamini, P. 2009. Making world heritage truly global: the culture certificate scheme. Oxonomics, 4: 1-9.
18. Frey, B.S. and Pamini, P. 2010. World heritage: where are we? An empirical analysis, CESifo Working Paper Series Munich: IFO.
19. Frey, B.S., Pamini, P. and Steiner, L. 2010. What determines the world heritage list? An econometric analysis, Zurich: Institute for Empirical Research in Economics.
20. Frey, B.S. and Rohner, D. 2007. Protecting cultural monuments against terrorism. Defence and peace economics, 18: 245-252.
21. Frey, B.S. and Steiner, L. 2010. Pay as you go: a new proposal for musuem pricing, Zurich: Institute for Empirical Research.
22. Gamboni, D. 2001. World heritage: shield or target?. Conservation, 16: 5-11.
23. Ginsburgh, V.A. 2004. Economics of art and culture, Amsterdam: Elsevier.
24. Ginsburgh, V.A. and Throsby, D. 2006. Handbook of the economics of art and culture, Amsterdam: Elsevier.
25. Green, D., Jacowitz, K.E., Kahneman, D. and McFadden, D. 1998. Referendum contingent valuation, anchoring, and willingness to pay for public goods. Resources and energy economics, 20: 85-116.
26. Greffe, X. 1999. La gestion du patrimoine culturel, Paris: Anthropos.
27. Hansen, T.B. 1997. The willingness-to-pay for the royal theatre in Copenhagen as a public good. Journal of cultural economics, 21: 1-28.
28. Harrison, D. and Hitchcock, M. 2005. The politics of heritage. Negotiating tourism and conservation, Clevedon: Channel View Publications.
29. Henley, J. 2001. Fighting for the mighty monuments. The Guardian, [online]. Available from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/aug/06/humanities.green [Accessed 1 August 2010]
30. Howard, P. 2003. Heritage: management, interpretation, identity, London: Continuum.
31. Hutter, M. and Rizzo, I. 1997. Economic perspectives on cultural heritage, London: Macmillan.
32. Johnson, P. and Thomas, B. 1995. "Heritage as business". In Heritage, tourism and society, Edited by: David, T.H. 170-190. New York: Mansell.
33. Kahneman, D., Ritov, I., Jacowitz, K.E. and Grant, P. 1993. Stated willingness to pay for public goods: a psychological perspective. Psychological science, 4: 310-315.
34. Klamer, A. and Throsby, D. 2000. "Paying for the past: the economics of cultural heritage". In World Culture Report, 130-145. New York: UNESCO.
35. Lazzarotti, O. 2000. Patrimoine et tourisme: Un couple de la mondialisation [Patrimony and truism a couple in globalization]. Mappemonde, 15: 12-16.
36. Leask, A. and Fyall, A. 2006. Managing world heritage sites, Amsterdam: Elsevier.
37. Leask, A. and Yeoman, I. 2004. Heritage visitor attractions, London: Thompson Learning.
38. Li Fung, M.S. and Sofield, T.H.B. 2006. "World heritage listing: the case of Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), China". In Managing world heritage sites, Edited by: Leask, A. and Fyall, A. London: Elsevier.
39. Mason, P. and Kuo, I-L. 2006. "Visitor management at Stonehenge, UK". In Managing world heritage sites, Edited by: Leask, A. and Fyall, A. London: Elsevier.
40. McKercher, B. and Cros, H.du. 2001. Cultural tourism: the partnership between tourism and cultural heritage management, Binghampton, NY: Haworth Press.
41. Meskell, L. 2002. Negative heritage and past mastering in archeology. Anthropological quarterly, 75: 557-574.
42. Millar, S. 2006. "Stakeholders and community participation". In Managing world heritage sites, Edited by: Leask, A. and Fyall, A. 37-54. London: Elsevier.
43. Mossetto, G. 1994. "The economic dilemma of heritage preservation". In Cultural economics and cultural policies, Edited by: Peacock, A. and Rizzo, I. 81-98. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
44. Mossetto, G. and Vecco, M. 2001. Economia del patrimonio monumentale, Venice: F. Angeli.
45. Musitelli, J. 2002. World heritage, between universalism and globalization. International journal of cultural property, 11: 323-336.
46. Netzer, D. 1998. "International aspects of heritage policies". In Does the past have a future? The political economy of heritage, Edited by: Peacock, A. 135-154. London: Institute of Economic Affairs.
47. Peacock, A. 1978. Preserving the past: an international economic dilemma. Journal of cultural economics, 2: 1-11.
48. Peacock, A. 1995. A future for the past: the political economy of heritage. Keynes lecture in economics. Proceedings of the British Academy, 87: 189-243. Reprinted in R. Towse (ed.) (1997). Cultural economics: the arts, heritage and the media industries. Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1387-1424
49. Peacock, A. 1998. Does the past have a future? The political economy of heritage, London: Institute of Economic Affairs.
50. Peacock, A. and Rizzo, I. 2008. The heritage game. Economics, politics, and practice, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
51. Pocock, D. 1997. Some reflections on world heritage. Area, 29: 260-268.
52. Pressouyre, L. 1996. The world heritage convention: twenty years later, Paris: UNESCO.
53. Regalado-Pezúa, O. and Arias-Valencia, J. 2006. "Sustainable development in tourism: a proposition for Machupicchu, Peru". In Managing world heritage sites, Edited by: Leask, A. and Fyall, A. London: Elsevier.
54. Rizzo, I. 2006. "Cultural heritage: economic analysis and public policy". In Handbook of the economics of art and culture, Edited by: Ginsburgh, V.A. and Throsby, D. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
55. Rizzo, I. and Towse, R. 2002. The economics of heritage, Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
56. Santagata, W., De Caro, S. and Marrelli, M. 2008. Patrimoni intangibili dell' umanità. Il distretto culturale del presepe Napolitano, Napoli: Guida Editore.
57. Schultze, P. 2003. 1000 places to see before you die, New York: Workman.
58. Shackley, M. 2006. Visitor management: case studies from world heritage sites, Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
59. Strasser, P. 2002. 'Putting Reform Into Action' - thirty years of the World Heritage Convention: how to reform a convention without changing its regulations. International journal of cultural property, 11: 215-266.
60. Streeten, P. 2006. "Culture and economic development". In Handbook of the economics of art and culture, Edited by: Ginsburgh, V.A. and Throsby, D. 399-412. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
61. Thaler, R.H. 1992. The winner's curse: paradoxes and anomalies of economic life, New York: Free Press.
62. Throsby, D. 1997a. "Seven questions in the economics of cultural heritage". In Economic perspectives on cultural heritage, Edited by: Hutter, M. and Rizzo, I. 13-30. London: Macmillan.
63. Throsby, D. 1997b. Sustainability and culture: some theoretical issues. International journal of cultural policy, 4: 7-20.
64. Throsby, D. 2001. Economics and culture, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
65. Throsby, D. 2003. "Cultural sustainability". In A handbook of cultural economics, Edited by: Towse, R. Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
66. Tisdell, C. and Wilson, C. 2002. World heritage listing of Australian natural sites: tourism stimulus and its economic value. Economic analysis and policy, 32: 27-49.
67. Tollison, R.D. 1982. Rent-seeking: a survey. Kyklos, 35: 575-602.
68. Towse, R. 1997. Cultural economics: the arts, the heritage and the media industries, Cheltenham/Lyme: Edward Elgar.
69. Towse, R. 2003. A handbook of cultural economics, Cheltenham/Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
70. Tunney, J. 2005. "World trade law, culture, heritage and tourism. Towards a holistic conceptual approach". In The politics of heritage. Negotiating tourism and conservation, Edited by: Harrison, D. and Hitchcock, M. 90-102. Clevedon: Channel View.
71. UNESCO. 2005. "Operational guidelines for the implementation of the world heritage convention [online]". Available from: http://whc.unesco.org/archive/opguide05-en.pdf [Accessed 2 September 2009]
72. van der Aa, B.J.M. 2005. Preserving the heritage of humanity? Obtaining world heritage status and the impacts of listing, Amsterdam: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.
73. Wager, J. 1995. Developing a strategy for the Angkor world heritage site. Tourism management, 16: 515-523.
74. Wegener, C. and Otter, M. 2008. Cultural property at war. Protecting cultural heritage during armed conflicts. Conservation. The Getty Institute newsletter, 23: 4-9.
75. Yang, C.-H. and Lin, H.-L. 2010. Is UNESCO recognition effective in fostering tourism? A comment on Yang, Lin and Han: reply. Tourism management, 32(2): 455-456.
76. Yang, C.-H., Lin, H.-L. and Han, C.-C. 2009. Analysis of international tourist arrivals in China: the role of World Heritage Sites. Tourism management, 31: 827-837.