How Does the Legacy of Heterogeneous Colonial Rules Affect Current Provision of Public Goods?

• In Event: Institutions, State Capacity, and the Provision of Public Goods

Brief Overview

This paper explores how the legacies of being ruled by different colonizers led to the variation in current public goods provision in South Africa. The paper contrasted the effects of hard and soft legacies on current political outcomes.

Author

• Aojie Ju, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign