Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
ethnicity, public goods provision, Indian
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Political Science
Abstract
The provision of public goods is, on average, significantly poorer in ethnically-diverse communities (Banerjee et al. 2005). Three potential mechanisms have been put forward to explain this phenomenon: preferences, technology and strategy selection (Habyarimana et al. 2007). While the landmark experiment on this topic concluded that strategy selection best explained poor public goods provision, we posit that the role of preferences is significant (ibid.). The lab experiments we conducted tested for differences in preference between ethnic groups in the Southeast Indian city of Chennai.
Recommended Citation
Davidson, Michael and Selway, Dr. Joel
(2013)
"Ethnicity and Public Goods Provision in an Indian City,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 439.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/439