National Identity and Public Goods Provision

Ani Harutyunyan

Comparative Economic Studies, 2020, vol. 62, issue 1, No 1, 33 pages

Abstract: Abstract This research investigates the relationship between national identity and public goods provision across a wide range of countries. The analysis shows that national identity, measured based on survey data, and public goods provision, measured by a broad set of indicators, are negatively related. This result is explained through a proposed short-run model on country stability, where the provision of national identity and public goods are substitutable. The findings challenge the conventional wisdom on nation-building as a policy tool for mitigating the adverse effects of fractionalization, suggesting that generally it is used as a tool for governments to divert the attention of its citizens from most pressing issues, such as the provision of elementary public goods.

Keywords: National identity; Public goods; Fractionalization; Country stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F59 H13 H20 H40 H50 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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