Giacomo De Luca|Roland Hodler|Paul A. Raschky|Michele Valsecchi
Ethnic favoritism: An axiom of politics?
Collegio Carlo Alberto|University of York|IPCOS (Belgium)|KU Leuven|Monash University|New Economic School
study ethnic favoritism global sample rely nighttime light intensity capture broad range preferential policies targeted towards political leaders ethnic homelands construct two panel data sets several thousand ethnographic regions around 140 multiethnic countries annual observations 1992 2013 find robust evidence ethnic favoritism nighttime light becomes 710 intense political leaders ethnic homelands document ethnic favoritism global phenomenon restricted africa poor countries autocracies also provide evidence ethnic favoritism partly motivated electoral concerns prevalent presence ethnic parties