Segregation and the Spatial Externalities of Inequality: A Theory of Interdependence and Public Goods in Cities.
Conventional wisdom claims that racial diversity undermines public goods provision. I show that class-based differences, instead, incentivize cooperation for public goods. Class-based segregation reduces spatial externalities of inequality (e.g., sewage pollution and crime) spilling over from impove...
| Publicado en: | American Political Science Review Vol. 118; no. 3; pp. 1431 - 1449 |
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Cambridge University Press
Aug2024
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