Besley, Timothy; Persson, Torsten - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper is a report on an on-going project, which asks a number of questions relevant to the study of state capacity … organized into three main sections: 1. The origins of state capacity, 2. Sate capacity and the genius of taxation, and 3. State … the determinants of state capacity in the first section, and modified to address the new issues that arise in subsequent …