Abstract
Recent attempts to include and assess public heritage in the accounts of governments and charities are controversial. There are many kinds of value, not merely financial, and various measurement bases. The chapter examines why and how we account, (if at all), for heritage assets bringing out the surrounding controversy. Is public heritage an asset that should be included in the reported wealth of public bodies and nations? The economic valuation methods, revealed preferences and stated preferences, are also investigated and considered in relation to the decisions to be made on public heritage. Although the conceptual and practical problems surrounding valuation and reporting of public heritage are immense, pragmatic solutions should be sought. Multidisciplinary approaches are necessary to make informed decisions on management, financing and the allocation of resources for public heritage.
Key words
Heritage assets, accounting recognition, economic valuation, revealed preferences, stated preferences, public heritage accounting.
Key words
Heritage assets, accounting recognition, economic valuation, revealed preferences, stated preferences, public heritage accounting.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of Public Heritage Theory and Practice |
| Editors | Angela Labrador, Neil Asher Silberman |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Chapter | 13 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Edition | First |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Apr 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Published first online DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190676315.013.13and later as a hardback book.
Keywords
- Heritage assets, accounting recognition, economic valuation, revealed preferences, stated preferences, public heritage accounting.