Financing public goods
In: Journal of political economy, Band 95, Heft 2, S. 420-437
ISSN: 0022-3808
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In: Journal of political economy, Band 95, Heft 2, S. 420-437
ISSN: 0022-3808
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In: Princeton monographs in philosophy
In: Legislative studies quarterly, Band 40, Heft 2, S. 211-240
ISSN: 0362-9805
Many United States cities function without regular problems. They have well-kept roads, sewers that never overflow, and public parks with swing sets and restrooms. Others struggle to maintain balanced budgets, fail to adequately equip or staff their police forces, and offer little assistance to residents of limited means. What explains these differences? I argue that segregation along racial lines contributes to public goods inequalities. Racially segregated cities are also politically polarized cities, making collective investment more challenging and public goods expenditures lower. I provide evidence for this argument using election data from 25 large cities and demographic data matched to city finances in more than 2,600 places. To handle the problem of endogeneity I instrument for segregation using the number of waterways in a city. I find that segregated municipalities are more politically polarized and spend less on a wide range of public goods. Replication Materials: The data, code, and any additional materials required to replicate all analyses in this article are available on the American Journal of Political Science Dataverse within the Harvard Dataverse Network, at: http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/4LZXTY
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In: Challenge: the magazine of economic affairs, Band 46, Heft 5, S. 100-112
ISSN: 1558-1489
In: The international library of critical writings in economics 321
In: An Elgar research collection
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In: Global Public Goods, S. 20-50
In: Development and cooperation: D+C, Band 41, Heft 1, S. 12-33
ISSN: 0723-6980
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In: Journal of political economy, Band 95, Heft 2, S. 420-437
ISSN: 1537-534X
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies
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