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Communication Capacity of W States
International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 2018zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
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State Capacity, Conflict and Development [PDF]
, 2009 We report on an on-going project, which asks a number of questions relevant to the study of state capacity. What are the main economic and political determinants of the state’s capacity to raise revenue and support private markets? How do risks of violent conflict affect the incentives to invest in state building?
Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson
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2023
Abstract Although Latin American tax systems have historically reflected a lack of state capacity, reforms of taxation and administration in the past few decades have strengthened states in several ways. Governments in the region still do not tax as progressively as most others in the world, but the “neoliberal” tax and administrative ...
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Abstract Although Latin American tax systems have historically reflected a lack of state capacity, reforms of taxation and administration in the past few decades have strengthened states in several ways. Governments in the region still do not tax as progressively as most others in the world, but the “neoliberal” tax and administrative ...
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Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008
The article builds a simple model to investigate how different types of armed conflict shape fiscal capacity: the state's ability to raise revenue from taxes.
Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson
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The article builds a simple model to investigate how different types of armed conflict shape fiscal capacity: the state's ability to raise revenue from taxes.
Timothy Besley, Torsten Persson
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Globalization and State Capacity
International Studies Review, 1999The Myth of the Powerless State, Linda Weiss (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1998). 260 pp., cloth (ISBN: 0-8014-3547-1), $45.00; paper (ISBN: 0-8014-8543-6), $17.95.
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The Development of State Capacity
2016Building on the longstanding affinity between historical institutionalism and the development of state capacity, this chapter explores opportunities for deeper engagement. First, it sketches a research agenda for the study of failed state-building and its implications.
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The Undulating Capacity of the State
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africainesThis Element weaves together literatures on autochthony and belonging and on African urbanism to shed new light on the ability of the African state to undertake development interventions in some of the most important urban centers on the continent. It explains variations in levels of trust in the African state that shape neighborhoods' responses to ...
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