Essays on the Political Behavior of Economic Informality and Public Goods

This dissertation examines the relationship between economic informality, political behavior, and public goods provision. In three papers, it explores how seemingly nonpolitical everyday social institutions and collective action rooted in economic informality help extend the reach of the state and a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gao, Ying
Other Authors: Schneider, Ben Ross
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147539