Desmet, Klaus; Le Breton, Michel; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio; … - 2006
provision of public goods, but bear the costs of greater
cultural heterogeneity. This tradeoff induces agents� preferences over … optimal level of public spending
in presence of increasing returns in the provision of public goods. However, the utility …
derived from public goods is decreasing in the country�s degree of cultural heterogeneity.
This framework allows us to compare …