The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
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DOI：
10.1257/aer.20131031
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
影响因子：
10.7
通讯作者：
Padro i Miquel, Gerard
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作者：
Burgess, Robin;Jedwab, Remi;Padro i Miquel, Gerard
种族偏袒被视为与发展背道而驰。本文使用1963-2011年期间肯尼亚地区道路建设的数据，对种族偏袒的程度进行了可信的量化。在一个模型的指导下，它研究了在同一位总统的领导下，民主的内外过渡是否会限制或加剧种族偏袒。在整个独立后时期，我们发现了种族偏袒的强有力证据：与总统同一种族的地区在道路上的支出是其他地区的两倍，铺设的道路长度是其他地区的五倍。这种偏袒在民主时期消失了。(JEL D72、H54、J15、O15、O17、O22、R42）
Ethnic favoritism is seen as antithetical to development. This paper provides credible quantification of the extent of ethnic favoritism using data on road building in Kenyan districts across the 1963-2011 period. Guided by a model, it then examines whether the transition in and out of democracy under the same president constrains or exacerbates ethnic favoritism. Across the post-independence period, we find strong evidence of ethnic favoritism: districts that share the ethnicity of the president receive twice as much expenditure on roads and have five times the length of paved roads built. This favoritism disappears during periods of democracy. (JEL D72, H54, J15, O15, O17, O22, R42)