Walters, LeoneBittencourt, ManoelChisadza, Carolyn2023-06-272023-01Walters, L., Bittencourt, M., & Chisadza, C. (2023). Public infrastructure provision and ethnic favouritism: Evidence from South Africa. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 31(1), 33–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecot.12325.2577-6983 (online)10.1111/ecot.12325http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91215A previous version of this paper is an ERSA Working Paper, No. 787.Does coethnicity with the President affect public infrastructure provision in South Africa? Using municipal-level data for 52 district municipalities from 1996 to 2016, we find that municipalities coethnic with the President are associated with higher water infrastructure provision relative to non-coethnic municipalities. Taking into account various political considerations, results show that ethnic favouritism occurs due to ethnic altruism. Our findings remain robust to different specifications of coethnicity thresholds and are applicable to electricity infrastructure provision. Results suggest that in order to minimise ethnic favouritism, politically independent institutions should oversee the allocation of funding and provision of infrastructure.en© 2022 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Public infrastructure provision and ethnic favouritism: Evidence from South Africa. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 31(1), 33–65, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecot.12325. The definite version is available at : http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ecot.Ethnic favouritismPublic infrastructureSouth Africa (SA)SDG-17: Partnerships for the goalsPostprint Article