Economic Perspectives on Cultural Heritage

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