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Making world heritage truly global: the culture certificate scheme

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2009

Culture has attributes of a global public good that needs to be preserved for mankind as a whole. World Culture Certificates are proposed to efficiently preserve World Heritage. The community of nations has to agree on the Global Heritage List and how much each nation is to contribute to that...

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World Heritage List: does it make sense?

Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010

The UNESCO World Heritage List contains the 900 most treasured Sites of humanity’s culture and landscapes. The World …

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World heritage: Where are we? An empirical analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2010

An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The …

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Imbalance of World Heritage List: did the UNESCO strategy work?

Steiner, Lasse; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2011

The official intention of the UNESCO World Heritage List is to protect the global heritage. However, the imbalance of …

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World Heritage: Where are we? An empirical analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2011

A statistical analysis of the UNESCO World Heritage List is presented. The World Heritage Convention intends to protect …

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What determines the World Heritage List? An econometric analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo; Steiner, Lasse - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2011

The official intention of the UNESCO World Heritage List is to protect the global heritage. However, the existing List …

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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism

Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2005

Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite … huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an … effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on iconic monuments is for the government to show a firm commitment to …

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European capitals of culture and life satisfaction

Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse; Hotz, Simone - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2013

This paper analyzes whether hosting the most prestigious European cultural event, the European Capital of Culture, has an impact on regional economic development or the life satisfaction of the local population. Concerning the economic impact, we show that European Capitals are hosted in regions...

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Home is where your art is: the home bias of art collectors

Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse; Resch, Magnus - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2013

This paper analysis the global distribution of art collections and collectors´ biases with respect to the origin of artworks. Employing a unique dataset we find that the greatest number of private art collections are located in Europe, North America and Asia. There are relatively few...

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A multiplicity of approaches to institutional analysis. Applications to the government and the arts

Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2009

Four types of “economics” relevant for institutional analysis are distinguished: Standard Neoclassical Economics; Socio-Economics or Social Economics; New Institutional Economics; and Psychological Economics (often misleadingly called Behavioural Economics). The paper argues that an...

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