We study the effect of ethnic diversity on local public spending following fiscal decentralisation in a setting where … local institutions condition cooperative behaviour across ethnic groups. The theory we develop highlights the role of the … local elite in lobbying for policies which favour them in a decentralised setting. The differences in preferences over …

-sharing. Combining household panel data from Indonesia with conflict event information, we find an overall decrease in citizen …

policy experiment in Indonesia to show how the effects of ethnic diversity on conflict depend on the political units within …

policy experiment in Indonesia to show how the effects of ethnic diversity on conflict depend on the political units within …

to specific problems of rule. This paper attempts a similar historical analysis to explain Indonesia's ethnic conflict …