Religious Polarization and Under-Supply of Public Goods

• Main Author: Bajpai, Pulkit (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Geneva Graduate Institute Publications 2022
• Series: eCahiers de l'Institut
• Subjects: Economics, finance, business & management; State | Nation; religion; rural development; castes; poverty; public goods; public management
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Social heterogeneity results in a lower supply of public goods because of the conflict, diverse preferences and political insecurity that predominate in socially heterogeneous contexts. Despite its multiple stratifications along religious, caste and linguistic lines, India has scarce academic resear...