Arusha Cooray
Ethnic or Political Fractionalisation? A District Level Analysis of the Provision of Public Goods in <scp>S</scp>ri <scp>L</scp>anka
abstract study investigates influence ethnic political fractionalisation provision public goods district level ri l anka evidence shows political fractionalisation greater negative impact provision public goods compared ethnic fractionalisation similarly political polarisation greater negative effect provision public goods compared ethnic polarisation interaction ethnic political measures suggests political fractionalisation political polarisation exacerbates negative effects ethnic fractionalisation ethnic polarisation provision public goods ethnolinguistic fractionalisation elf index assumes greater statistical significance fixed effects estimation suggesting greater within district effects relationship elf public good provision