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To identify a casual relation we exploit the exogenous timing of variations in the level of ethnic heterogeneity due to the creation of new jurisdictions. We provide evidence consistent with a lower control of politicians, through electoral punishment, in more ethnically fragmented districts. Our results bring a new perspective on the political economy of deforestation. They are consistent with the literature of (under) provision of public goods and social capital in ethnically diverse societies and suggest that when the underlying communities are ethnically fractionalized, decentralization can reduce deforestation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alberto Alesina, Caterina Gennaioli, and Stefania Lovo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>This paper shows that the level of deforestation in Indonesia is positively related to the degree of ethnic fractionalization at&hellip;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[140,490,789],"publication-type":[435],"topic_area":[4701],"class_list":["post-10066","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry","tag-deforestation","tag-indonesia","tag-subnational-governments","publication-type-working-papers","topic_area-forests"],"acf":{"downloads":{"ref_value":"field_52f16cc1a80f2","value":["https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Working-Paper-166-Alesina-Gennaioli-Lovo-2015.pdf"],"type":"download","post_type":""},"profile_link":{"ref_value":"field_52f164b5189e9","value":["caterina-gennaioli","stefania-lovo","alberto-alesina"],"type":"relationship","post_type":"profile"},"spotlight":{"ref_value":"field_52f80896506d3","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"exclude_from_sync":{"ref_value":"field_560538b0e7350","value":"0","type":false,"post_type":""},"rss_newsletter":{"ref_value":"field_54f5c2c1544d8","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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