The Economics of Heritage: A Study in the Political Economy of Culture in Sicily - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184376041X ISBN 13 : 9781843760412

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Based on the assumption that without understanding institutions, economists cannot make satisfactory policy prescriptions, this book draws some insightful conclusions on the strengths and limitations of applied economics in the field of heritage. Sicily provides an interesting and unique backdrop against which the study is set, demonstrating the economic complexities of heritage and the range of economic tools and concepts which can be employed to analyse it.

The book is a compilation of various approaches that economists trained in different branches of economics have brought to bear on heritage. It considers the political economy of heritage policy from a variety of different perspectives. These include a study of the economic problems of defining and valuing culture and, through detailed case studies in the economics of regulation, an examination of the incentives and principal-agent problems in the management of heritage policy. The authors move on to discuss the public choice view of fiscal federalism and look at the problems of assessing the efficiency of policy measures. Finally, they provide an interesting overview of the national experiences of France, Scotland and Italy in terms of heritage policy.

Taking a new institutional approach, this book is as much a concise manual of applied economics as a contribution to cultural economics. It stresses the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of heritage and offers a unique opportunity to understand law-making and administrative procedures in the civil code tradition. It will be essential reading for students, researchers and academics of cultural economics, as well as policymakers wanting to assess the value and efficiency of heritage policies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Edited by Ilde Rizzo, Professor of Public Finance, University of Catania, Italy and Ruth Towse, Professor of Economics of Creative Industries, CIPPM, Bournemouth University and CREATe Fellow in Cultural Economics, University of Glasgow, UK

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184376041X
• ISBN 13: 9781843760412
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Éditeur: Rizzo IIde, Towse Ruth
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible