THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC GOOD PROVISION: EVIDENCE FROM INDIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

作者: Timothy Besley , Rohini Pande , Lupin Rahman , Vijayendra Rao

DOI: 10.1162/154247604323068104

关键词: Identity (social science)EconomicsPolitical geographySpillover effectCollective identityPolitical economyPublic economicsPoliticsPublic goodHousehold survey

摘要: This paper uses village and household survey data from South India to examine how political geography politician identity impacts on public good provision. We provide evidence that the nature of this relationship varies by type good. For high spillover goods residential proximity elected representative matters. In contrast, for low sharing politician’ s group is what (JEL: D78, H40)

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