Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/268422 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
QUCEH Working Paper Series No. 23-01
Publisher: 
Queen's University Centre for Economic History (QUCEH), Belfast
Abstract: 
This paper argues that the underprovision of public goods can be partly explained by lower demand from Indigenous groups with high preferences for Indigenous identity and a high capacity for coordination. Examining the post-Mexican Revolution period (1920s-1950s), when the state used the first road network for nation-building, our diff-in-diff analysis shows that pre-colonial political centralisation is associated with less road infrastructure. This is attributed to stronger capacity for collective action and stronger Indigenous identity preferences. Finally, we show that poor road infrastructure today is linked to lower economic performance.
Subjects: 
Indigenous institutions
public good provision
collective action
Indigenous identity
JEL: 
H41
H79
N7
O18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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