Handbook on the Economics of Cultural Heritage

Edited by Ilde Rizzo, former Professor of Public Finance, University of Catania, Italy and Anna Mignosa, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Catania, Italy and Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

• Contents:PrefacePART I: PUBLIC INTERVENTION AND POLICY ANALYSIS 1. Public Intervention for Cultural Heritage: Normative Issues and ToolsFrançoise Benhamou2. Cultural Heritage: Public Decision-making and ImplementationManfred J. Holler and Isidoro Mazza3. Cultural Heritage Policies: A Comparative PerspectiveArjo Klamer, Anna Mignosa and Lyudmila PetrovaPART II: PRIVATE ACTORS 4. Demand for Cultural HeritageVictoria Ateca Amestoy5. The Role of the Private Sector in Cultural HeritageBruce A. Seaman6. Tax Incentives for Cultural Heritage ConservationFederico Revelli PART III: THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION 7. Issues in the International Market for Cultural HeritageVictor Ginsburgh and François Mairesse 8. World Heritage ListBruno S. Frey and Lasse Steiner9. Current Challenges in Cultural Statistics: A Focus on HeritageLydia Deloumeaux PART IV: MANAGEMENT: STRATEGIES AND TOOLS 10. Management Challenges of Cultural Heritage OrganizationsXavier Castañer11. The Marketing of Heritage Venues or DestinationsFrançois Colbert PART V: TECHNOLOGIES: ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES 12. Digital Cultural HeritageTrilce Navarrete13. Technologies for Cultural HeritagePaolo Paolini, Dana Mitroff Silvers and Nancy Proctor14. The Immeasurable Economics of LibrariesJean-Michel Salaün PART VI: CONSERVATION OF BUILT HERITAGE 15. Choices in Architectural ConservationJohn H. Stubbs16. Conservation and Sustainable Development of Archaeological SitesMartha Demas and Neville Agnew17. Market Effects of Historic PreservationDouglas S. NoonanPART VII: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE ECONOMY18. Heritage and Local Development: A Reluctant RelationshipGregory J. Ashworth19. Heritage TourismLluís Bonet20. Why and How Intangible Cultural Heritage Should be SafeguardedFrancesca Cominelli and Xavier Greffe PART VIII: VALUES AND EVALUATION 21. The Values of Cultural HeritageArjo Klamer22. The Economic, Social and Cultural Impact of Cultural Heritage: Methods and ExamplesJen D. Snowball23. Assessment of Value in Heritage RegulationDavid Throsby24. Performance of Cultural Heritage InstitutionsVíctor Fernández-Blanco, Luis César Herrero and Juan Prieto-Rodríguez PART IX: CASE STUDIES 25. ‘Adam Smith has Returned to Live in Edinburgh’: A Case StudyAlan Peacock26. Virtual Worlds, Virtual Heritage and Immersive Reality: The Case of the Daming Palace at Xi’an (China)Maurizio Forte27. Public Spending for Conservation in ItalyCalogero Guccio and Ilde Rizzo28. The Public Sector in the Preservation of Urban Heritage Sites: Lessons from Four Cities in Latin AmericaEduardo Rojas29. The Aga Khan Multidisciplinary Experience in Cairo, Egypt: A Different ViewHany Attalla, Mohamed Abdel-Kader and Haitham Samir30. Policy for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Japan: How it Relates to CreativityKazuko Goto31. Preliminary Valuation of a Cultural Heritage Site of Global Significance: A Delphi Contingent Valuation StudyRichard T. Carson, Michael B. Conaway and Ståle Navrud Index