The official intention of the UNESCO World Heritage List is to protect the global heritage. However, the existing List is highly imbalanced according to countries and continents. Historical reasons, such as historical GDP, population, and number of years of high civilization, have a significant...

A statistical analysis of the UNESCO World Heritage List is presented. The World Heritage Convention intends to protect global heritage of outstanding value to mankind, but there has been great concern about the missing representativity of the member countries. There is a strongly biased...

A statistical analysis of the UNESCO World Heritage List is presented. The World Heritage Convention intends to protect global heritage of outstanding value to mankind, but there has been great concern about the missing representativity of the member countries. There is a strongly biased...

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...

This article presents the re-branding of ‘cultural industries’ as ‘creative industries’ and new trends in economic world. The paper focuses on three central claims – first, the culture and the creative industry, second- the innovation and sustainability entrepreneurship and third...

This article describes the current situation of the cultural industry and its different fields in Catalonia. Besides it analyzes the support policies of Instituto Catalán de las Industrias Culturales [«Catalonian Institute for Cultural Industries»]. Through data recollection we know the...

This paper describes the situation, which resulted from reforms in those sectors, which produce, distribute, store and consume the patronized goods - scientific products, education, culture and health care - undoubtedly requiring budget funding. In this regard, the paper highlights the key...

The paper provides a throughout statistical portrait of human capital the Russian culture using micro-data of the Russian surveys of wages by occupations conducted by Rosstat. Within the cultural activities author discerns three main branches: movies; entertainment (theatres, music etc.); other...

Ohe paper proposes the concept of economic regulation in the sphere of culture, representing combination of four main institutions: institution of differentiated budget performance standards, that characterize the minimum share of spending on culture in the budgets of all levels that enforce to...

We argue that the language spoken by corporate decision makers influences their firms’ social responsibility and sustainability practices. Linguists suggest that obligatory future-time-reference (FTR) in a language reduces the psychological importance of the future. Prior research has shown...