Economic Perspectives on Cultural Heritage

The maintenance and effective use of cultural heritage involves important economic aspects yet the field of contemporary cultural policy is surprisingly void of comprehensive analysis from an economic perspective. Prominent academics and practitioners here fill this gap. They examine the theoretical background on the value of cultural heritage, consider policies from Italy, France, Britain and Japan and make concrete proposals for changes in cultural heritage policy.

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Preface - Notes on Contributors - PART 1: INTRODUCTION - Economic Perspectives on Cultural Heritage: An Introduction; M.Hutter - PART 2: THE CONSTRUCTION OF HERITAGE: THEORETICAL DIMENSIONS - Seven Questions in the Economics of Cultural Heritage; D.Throsby - The Evaluation of Cultural Heritage: Some Critical Issues; B.S.Frey - Optimizing the Use of Cultural Heritage; C.Koboldt - The Value of Cultural Heritage; A.Klamer - PART 3: HERITAGE REGULATION: REGIMES, CASES AND EFFECTS - The Political Economy of Rehabilitation: the Case of the Benedettini Monastery; G.Pignataro & I.Rizzo - Cultural Heritage and Preservation Policies: Notes on the History of the Italian Case; G.Guerzoni - The Development of British Policy on Built Heritage Preservation; S.Creigh-Tyte - Features and Recent Developments of Cultural Heritage Policy in Japan; Y.Kurabayashi - Tax Policies and Cultural Heritage; D.Netzer - PART 4: HERITAGE POLICY: EXPERIMENTS AND PROPOSALS - Privatization Policies in Venice; G.Mossetto - Conserving Historic Monuments in France: a Critique of Official Policies; F.Benhamou - Towards a European Market for Arts and Culture Goods: Some Proposals; F.Forte - Towards a Workable Heritage Policy; A.Peacock - Conference Participants - Index