The political economy of public goods: Some evidence from India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-314

  Banerjee, Abhijit ^a   Somanathan, Rohini ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

India; Political economy; Public goods

Indexed keywords

POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC GOODS; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLITICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751196826     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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