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<p>Created page with &quot; == Abstract == © 2015, American Economic Association. All rights reserved. Ethnic favoritism is seen as antithetical to development. This paper provides credible quantifi...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> == Abstract ==<br /> <br /> © 2015, American Economic Association. All rights reserved. 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).<br /> <br /> <br /> == Original document ==<br /> <br /> The different versions of the original document can be found in:<br /> <br /> * [http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20131031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20131031]<br /> <br /> * [http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w19398 http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w19398]<br /> <br /> * [http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/61947 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/61947]<br /> <br /> * [http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/61947/1/Value_democracy_combined.pdf http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/61947/1/Value_democracy_combined.pdf]<br /> <br /> * [http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/seminarpapers/eopp45.pdf http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/seminarpapers/eopp45.pdf]<br /> <br /> * [http://www.cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=9627 http://www.cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=9627]<br /> <br /> * [http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4275g61h http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4275g61h]<br /> <br /> * [http://www.nber.org/papers/w19398.pdf http://www.nber.org/papers/w19398.pdf]<br /> <br /> * [https://doi.org/10.3386/w19398 https://doi.org/10.3386/w19398]<br /> <br /> * [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4275g61h https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4275g61h]<br /> <br /> * [http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58205 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58205],<br /> : [http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk]<br /> <br /> * [http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/61947 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/61947],<br /> : [https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/index.php https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/index.php]<br /> <br /> * [http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.20131031 http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.20131031],<br /> : [https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/ds/10506/20131031_ds.zip https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/ds/10506/20131031_ds.zip],<br /> : [https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/data/10506/20131031_data.zip https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/data/10506/20131031_data.zip],<br /> : [https://www.aeaweb.org/aer/app/10506/20131031_app.pdf 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[https://www.scholars.northwestern.edu/en/publications/the-value-of-democracy-evidence-from-road-building-in-kenya https://www.scholars.northwestern.edu/en/publications/the-value-of-democracy-evidence-from-road-building-in-kenya],<br /> : [https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/The-Value-of-Democracy_-Evidence-from-Road-Building-in-Kenya.pdf https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/The-Value-of-Democracy_-Evidence-from-Road-Building-in-Kenya.pdf],<br /> : [http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/rburgess/wp/140724roads_finalpaper.pdf http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/rburgess/wp/140724roads_finalpaper.pdf],<br /> : [http://www.nber.org/papers/w19398.pdf http://www.nber.org/papers/w19398.pdf],<br /> : [http://www.iies.su.se/polopoly_fs/1.144860.1378111916!/menu/standard/file/130807roads_finalpaper.pdf http://www.iies.su.se/polopoly_fs/1.144860.1378111916!/menu/standard/file/130807roads_finalpaper.pdf],<br /> : [http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/assets/miguel_research/2/aer_2E20131031.pdf http://emiguel.econ.berkeley.edu/assets/miguel_research/2/aer_2E20131031.pdf],<br /> : [http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58205/1/__lse.ac.uk_storage_LIBRARY_Secondary_libfile_shared_repository_Content_STICERD_EOPP_eopp45.pdf http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58205/1/__lse.ac.uk_storage_LIBRARY_Secondary_libfile_shared_repository_Content_STICERD_EOPP_eopp45.pdf],<br /> : [https://ideas.repec.org/p/cep/stieop/045.html https://ideas.repec.org/p/cep/stieop/045.html],<br /> : [https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4275g61h https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4275g61h],<br /> : [http://thred.devecon.org/papers/2013/2013-024_Padro-i-Miguel_The_Value_of.pdf http://thred.devecon.org/papers/2013/2013-024_Padro-i-Miguel_The_Value_of.pdf],<br /> : [https://core.ac.uk/display/35435293 https://core.ac.uk/display/35435293],<br /> : [https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ehl:lserod:61947 https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ehl:lserod:61947],<br /> : [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=2319975 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=2319975],<br /> : [http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58205 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/58205],<br /> : [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2319975 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2319975],<br /> : [http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/10.1257/aer.20131031 http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/10.1257/aer.20131031],<br /> : [https://www.princeton.edu/rpds/events_archive/repository/Burgess101613.pdf/Burgess101613.pdf https://www.princeton.edu/rpds/events_archive/repository/Burgess101613.pdf/Burgess101613.pdf],<br /> : [http://m.nber.org/papers/w19398 http://m.nber.org/papers/w19398],<br /> : [https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/1515337969 https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/1515337969]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> DOIS: 10.1257/aer.20131031 10.3386/w19398</div>

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