Political jurisdictions in heterogeneous communities

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 348-396

  Alesina, Alberto ^a   Baqir, Reza ^b   Hoxby, Caroline ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; ETHNICITY; INCOME; RACE; RELIGION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542418435     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381474     Document Type: Article

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