Arbeitspapier
Public good or public bad? Indigenous institutions and the demand for public goods
This paper argues that the underprovision of public goods can be partly explained by lower demand from Indigenous groups with high preferences for Indigenous identity and a high capacity for coordination. Examining the post-Mexican Revolution period (1920s-1950s), when the state used the first road network for nation-building, our diff-in-diff analysis shows that pre-colonial political centralisation is associated with less road infrastructure. This is attributed to stronger capacity for collective action and stronger Indigenous identity preferences. Finally, we show that poor road infrastructure today is linked to lower economic performance.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: QUCEH Working Paper Series ; No. 23-01
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Public Goods
State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations: Other
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- Subject
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Indigenous institutions
public good provision
collective action
Indigenous identity
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Elizalde, Aldo
Hidalgo, Eduardo
Salgado, Nayeli
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Queen's University Centre for Economic History (QUCEH)
- (where)
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Belfast
- (when)
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2023
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Elizalde, Aldo
- Hidalgo, Eduardo
- Salgado, Nayeli
- Queen's University Centre for Economic History (QUCEH)
Time of origin
- 2023
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