Politics, information and the urban bias

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-165

  Majumdar, Sumon ^a   Mani, Anandi ^b   Mukand, Sharun W ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous electorate; Information; Migration; Urban bias

Indexed keywords

RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN SERVICE; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4444318318     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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