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Making World Heritage Truly Global : The Culture Certificate Scheme

Frey, Bruno S. - 2014

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 purpose. Each World Heritage site conserved is acknowledged through the …

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Aleatoric Democracy

Frey, Bruno S. - 2017

Democracy usually is identified by the right to vote. However, in recent times voting procedures have been criticized, as they seemingly do not guarantee that all parts of the population have an adequate voice in the established political process. We suggest invigorating an old but nearly...

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World Heritage : Where are We? An Empirical Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2021

An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The … officially stated intention of the World Heritage List is to protect global heritage. Our focus is on the imbalance of the … considered “balanced” from different points of view. It turns out that the World Heritage List is unbalanced with respect to a …

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Do Rankings Reflect Research Quality?

Frey, Bruno S.; Rost, Katja - 2021

Publication and citation rankings have become major indicators of the scientific worth of universities and countries, and determine to a large extent the career of individual scholars. We argue that such rankings do not effectively measure research quality, which should be the essence of...

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World Heritage List : Does it Make Sense?

Frey, Bruno S. - 2010

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

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What is an Award Worth? An Econometric Assessment of the Impact of Awards on Employee Performance

Neckermann, Susanne - 2010

motivators that derive their value from such social concerns. Panel data from the call center of a large international bank allow …

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