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Democratisation under diversity : theory and evidence from Indonesian communities
Mitra, Anirban; Pal, Sarmistha - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012222609
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Democratisation under Diversity: Theory and Evidence from Indonesian Communities
Mitra, Anirban; Pal, Sarmistha - 2021
the constituent ethnic groups. Our theory highlights the role of the local elite in lobbying for policies which favour …We study the effect of ethnic diversity on local public spending following fiscal decentralisation in a setting where … coordination costs across ethnic groups are relevant in determining the equilibrium lobbying behaviour. This results in ethnic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497974
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Democratisation under diversity: Theory and evidence from Indonesian communities
Mitra, Anirban; Pal, Sarmistha - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012664381
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Ethnic identities, public spending and political regimes
Ghosh, Sugata; Mitra, Anirban - 2019
group affect discrimination under various political regimes? We build a theory which tries to answer such questions. In our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012018779
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Ethnofederalism and ethnic voting
Bluhm, Richard; Hodler, Roland; Schaudt, Paul - 2021
We investigate how changes in the administrative-territorial structure affect ethnic voting. We present an event study design that exploits the 2010 constitutional reform in Kenya, which substantially increased the number of primary administrative regions. We find (i) strong evidence for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624851
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Identity conflict with cross-border spillovers
Bakshi, Dripto; Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2016
We model simultaneous inter and within identity-group conflict in two territories connected by cross-territorial spill-overs. Within each territory, two groups contest the division of a group-specific public good, and all members contest the division of group income. Each group has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452385
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Redistribution preferences, attitudes towards immigrants, and ethnic diversity
Coban, Mustafa - 2020
Ethnic diversity plays a crucial role in shaping national economic and social policy. A change in the ethnic composition of a country affects citizens' everyday life and social environment and may challenge present societal values, such as solidarity with and trust in fellowcitizens. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256986
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Ethnic diversity, concentration of political power and the curse of natural resources
Wadho, Waqar; Hussain, Sadia - 2020
The empirical evidence suggests that the resource rich countries tend to have poor economic perfor- mance and higher rent seeking. In this paper, we develop a general equilibrium model explaining why natural resources turn out to be a curse in an economy divided into two classes: elite and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249701
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Oil revenues, ethnic fragmentation and political transition of authoritarian regimes
Cologni, Alessandro; Manera, Matteo - 2012
considered. Under certain circumstances, a process of full democratization is argued not to represent an optimal choice for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535530
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Citizens or lobbies : who controls policy?
Roberti, Paolo - 2016
This paper analyses a model of electoral competition with lobbying, where candidates hold private information about … increase the effect of lobbying. If, however, the cost of running for office is sufficiently large, there is no effect of … lobbying on policy. The model thus demonstrates that uncertainty on the influence of special interests can lead to large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703380