Local public goods in a democracy: Theory and evidence from rural India
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- Santanu Gupta & Raghbendra Jha, 2006. "Local public goods in a democracy: Theory and evidence from rural India," ASARC Working Papers 2006-06, The Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre.
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Keywords
median voter; local public good; reservation utility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2006-07-28 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-CWA-2006-07-28 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-DEV-2006-07-28 (Development)
- NEP-PBE-2006-07-28 (Public Economics)
- NEP-POL-2006-07-28 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2006-07-28 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
- NEP-URE-2006-07-28 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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