The Economics of Heritage: Some Implications of Devolution

Anna Mignosa; M Martorana; Isidoro Mazza; R Rizzo

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-3107-7_14

The Economics of Heritage: Some Implications of Devolution

Anna Mignosa^*, M Martorana, Isidoro Mazza, R Rizzo

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Department of Arts and Culture Studies

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In this paper, we focus on the political economic consequences of devolution of policies dealing with heritage conservation and valorization. In particular, the existence of local policymakers’ vested interests concerning the conservation of heritage—due to its positive effects on tourism—raises the issue of what set of functions, and class of heritage to devolve. Our political economic analysis shows that devolution may favor the conservation of heritage with ‘outstanding characteristics’ over more ‘local’ heritage, leading to an inefficient outcome. We then discuss different possible measures to correct for such a political inefficiency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Local Public Economics
Editors	M. Kunizaki, K. Nakamura, K. Sugahara, M. Yanagihara
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Chapter	14
Pages	249-260
Number of pages	11
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-13-3107-7
ISBN (Print)	978-981-13-3106-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3107-7_14
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Series	New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (NFRSASIPER)
Volume	37
ISSN	2199-5974

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Mignosa, A, Martorana, M, Mazza, I & Rizzo, R 2019, The Economics of Heritage: Some Implications of Devolution. in M Kunizaki, K Nakamura, K Sugahara & M Yanagihara (eds), Advances in Local Public Economics. 1 edn, Springer-Verlag, Singapore, New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (NFRSASIPER), vol. 37, pp. 249-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3107-7_14

The Economics of Heritage: Some Implications of Devolution. / Mignosa, Anna; Martorana, M; Mazza, Isidoro et al.
Advances in Local Public Economics. ed. / M. Kunizaki; K. Nakamura; K. Sugahara; M. Yanagihara. 1. ed. Singapore: Springer-Verlag, 2019. p. 249-260 (New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (NFRSASIPER), Vol. 37).

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