Citizens’ Preferences and the Portfolio of Public Goods: Evidence from Nigeria

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• 作者：Jonas B. Bunte ; Alisha A. Kim
• 关键词：local public goods ; citizens&rsquo ; preferences ; budgetary policy ; Nigeria ; simultaneous estimation
• 刊名：World Development
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：92
• 期：Complete
• 页码：28-39
• 全文大小：426 K
• 卷排序：92

文摘

We analyze trade-offs politicians make between multiple goods. We utilize sub-national spending and household preference data. Methodology accounts for interdependencies among budget items. We examine multiple testable implications of the causal mechanism. Politicians reallocate money between goods, rather than increasing overall spending.