Ethnic diversity, tax limitations and public goods

作     者：Steven M. Sheffrin Bei Li 

作者机构：Institute of Governmental Affairs UC Davis Davis Ca. 95616 USA 

出 版 物：《Chinese Business Review》 (中国经济评论（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第8卷第12期

页      面：1-16页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 02[经济学] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 07[理学] 020101[经济学-政治经济学] 071002[理学-动物学] 

主　　题：public goods ethnic diversity tax and expenditure limitations 

摘      要：One strand of research in public economics has found that increasing ethnic diversity leads to reductions in provision of productive public goods. Another strand of research has emphasized the key role that tax and expenditure limitations play in the provision of public services. This paper explores the interaction between these two effects. The regression results suggest that the prior results on ethnic diversity are robust when TELs are taken into consideration. In addition, the imposition of TELs mitigates the negative effect of ethnic fragmentation on the share of local spending on education and roads. It also mitigates the positive correlation between ethnic diversity and total local government revenue and expenditure per capita.