Rent Seeking at the Margin? Theory and Evidence from Unesco’s World Heritage List
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Keywords
Rent-seeking at the margin; UNESCO World Heritage List; international organizations; measurement of quality;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H87 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - International Fiscal Issues; International Public Goods
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations
- O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
- Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CUL-2025-04-21 (Cultural Economics)
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