Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214491 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2011-07
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel
Abstract: 
A statistical analysis of the UNESCO World Heritage List is presented. The World Heritage Convention intends to protect global heritage of outstanding value to mankind, but there has been great concern about the missing representativity of the member countries. There is a strongly biased distribution of Sites according to a country's population, area or per capita income. The paper reveals the facts but refrains from judging whether the existing distribution is appropriate or not. This task must be left to the discussion in the World Heritage Convention.
Subjects: 
global public goods
world heritage
international organizations
international political economy
culture
UNESCO
JEL: 
Z11
F5
H87
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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