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Within-group homogeneity and exit in religious clubs

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  • Justin Isaacs
  • David Laband

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We investigate empirically the influence of homogeneity of populations in fixed geographic jurisdictions on the structure of religious clubs in these same jurisdictions. Using county-level data, we find that variation in the number of religous clubs is influenced strongly by measured heterogeneity in each county's population. Our findings support Tiebout's voting-with-the-feet model of competition in the supply of public goods, in a club context.

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  • Justin Isaacs & David Laband, 1999. "Within-group homogeneity and exit in religious clubs," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(12), pages 805-808.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:6:y:1999:i:12:p:805-808
    DOI: 10.1080/135048599352213
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