Spatial competition, ethnicity, and the optimal size and composition of units of collective choice

Institutions and Collective Choice in Developing Countries: Applications of the Theory of Public Choice

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 355-380

  Kimenyi, Mwangis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 85082290153     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429441523-15     Document Type: Chapter

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