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Warfare, fiscal capacity, and performance [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Growth, 2012
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Mauricio Prado, Mark Steven Dincecco
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Conflict and fiscal capacity

Defence and Peace Economics, 2014
We examine the role of war in retarding state fiscal capacity in developing countries, measured by tax revenue ratios to GDP. We build a simple theoretical model of a factionalized state, where patronage substitutes for common interest public goods, along with violent contestation over a rent or prize. Our dynamic panel empirical analysis applied to 79
Chowdhury, AR, Murshed, Mansoob
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Fiscal Capacity

2011
This chapter explores the forces that shape investments in fiscal capacity. It sets out a core model that shows how this aspect of state building is influenced by economic and political factors, such as common interests and political institutions. A key feature of the model has been to delineate the types of states that can emerge in equilibrium.
Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson
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Fiscal Capacity Equalisation in Tanzania [PDF]

open access: yesLocal Government Studies, 2010
Fiscal equalisation aims at enabling decentralised governments to supply similar services at similar tax rates. In order to equalise fiscal disparities, differences in both fiscal capacities and in fiscal needs have to be measured. This paper focuses on the measurement of fiscal capacity in a developing country.
Maarten A Allers
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The Rise of Fiscal Capacity

2019
Having sufficient fiscal capacity to tax is a key hallmark and defining feature of states, and there is a growing literature trying to explain its origins. Existing empirical evidence on fiscal capacity is scarce and focuses on large, ex-post successful territories.
Cantoni, Davide   +2 more
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EU Fiscal Capacity

2022
Abstract This book purports to analyse how the Covid-19 pandemic, and now the war in Ukraine, have affected the euro, and the European Union (EU) constitutional architecture of economic governance—what is technically known as Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
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Fiscal Capacity and State Fragility

2021
This chapter discusses issues that arise in building an effective fiscal state and relates this to debates about causes and consequences of state fragility. It argues that the lack of capacity to raise revenue is symptomatic of a wider range of issues that lie at the heart of state fragility, including a weak private sector, a lack of legitimacy and ...
Timothy Besley, Hannes Mueller
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Do Fiscal Rules Enhance States' Fiscal Capacity?

Kyklos
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of fiscal rules on fiscal capacity. It is based on the premise that fiscal rules can enhance citizens' tax morale and willingness to pay taxes, thereby improving fiscal capacity. Using a global dataset spanning from 1985 to 2021, we find that stricter fiscal rules have a positive impact on ...
Bernard Clery Nomo Beyala
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Understanding Fiscal Capacity

2023
Abstract Chapter 2 provides an overview of previous research on taxation, state capacity, and accountability and argues the need for a new theory. Existing literature is primarily based on the experience of European state development, in which the threat of war drove state development.
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