Aidt, T.S.; Daunton, M.; Dutta, J. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2008
Does local democracy help or hinder the solution of collective action problems? We study this question in the context of public spending on health-related urban amenities in a panel of 75 municipal boroughs in England and Wales in 1868, 1871 and 1886. We .nd evidence of a U-shaped relationship...