Within-group homogeneity and exit in religious clubs

We investigate empirically the influence of homogeneity of populations in fixed geographic jurisdictions on the structure of religious clubs in these same jurisdictions. Using county-level data, we find that variation in the number of religous clubs is influenced strongly by measured heterogeneity in each county's population. Our findings support Tiebout's voting-with-the-feet model of competition in the supply of public goods, in a club context.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Isaacs, Justin ; Laband, David
Published in:	Applied Economics Letters. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1350-4851. - Vol. 6.1999, 12, p. 805-808
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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