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100			_aAlesina, Alberto
245			_aPublic goods and ethnic divisions
260			_c1999
300			_ap.1243-284
362			_aNov
520			_aWe present a model that links heterogeneity of preferences across ethnic groups in a city to the amount and type of public goods the city supplies. We test the implications of the model with three related data sets: U.S. cities, U.S. metropolitan areas, and U.S. urban counties. Results show that the shares of spending on productive public goods - education, roads, sewers and trash pickup - in U.S. cities (metro areas/urban counties) are inversely related to the city's (metro area's/county's) ethnic fragmentation, even after controlling for other socioeconomic and demographic determinants. We conclude that ethnic conflict is an important determinant of local public finances. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic goods - United States
650			_aPublic utilities - United States
650			_aPublic utilities
700			_aEasterly, William
700			_aBaqir, Reza
773			_aQuarterly Journal of Economics
909			_a43632
999			_c43632 _d43632