| By: |
Martina Dattilo (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UR1 - Université de Rennes 1 - UNIV-RENNES - Université de Rennes - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université);
Fabio Padovano (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UR1 - Université de Rennes 1 - UNIV-RENNES - Université de Rennes - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université, Università degli Studi Roma Tre);
Yvon Rocaboy (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UR1 - Université de Rennes 1 - UNIV-RENNES - Université de Rennes - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université) |
| Abstract: |
This paper empirically analyzes the evolution of the quality of the sites
included in the UNESCO World Heritage List (WHL) from 1972 till 2016 and
verifies how consideration of quality affects the conclusions of the
literature about the politics of the WHL. The quality of a site is proxied by
the number of criteria set by UNESCO that the site satisfies. The analysis
shows that, under a fixed stock of cultural and natural capital, as a country
increases the number of sites in the WHL, their marginal quality decreases,
because countries propose sites of decreasing quality over time. Contrary to
previous studies focusing just on the number of sites included in the list,
considering quality shows that the country's lobbying power does not matter
for inclusion in the WHL, while the quality of its administration does. These
results are robust to tests of the stability of the UNESCO evaluation criteria
over time and to changes of econometric estimators. |
| Keywords: |
UNESCO world heritage list,International organizations,Measurement of quality,Efficiency of public administration,Rent-seeking,Cultural capital |
| Date: |
2022 |
| URL: |
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03554241 |