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The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics
Besley, Timothy J.; Persson, Torsten - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Economists generally assume the existence of sufficient institutions to sustain a market economy and tax the citizens. However, this starting point cannot easily be taken for granted in many states, neither in history nor in the developing world of today. This paper develops a framework where...
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Making Autocracy Work
Besley, Timothy J.; Kudamatsu, Masayuki - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
One of the key goals of political economy is to understand how institutional arrangements shape policy outcomes. This paper studies a comparatively neglected aspect of this - the forces that shape heterogeneous performance of autocracies. The paper develops a simple theoretical model of...
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State Capacity, Conflict and Development
Besley, Timothy J.; Persson, Torsten - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
? What relations should we expect between resource rents, civil wars and economic development? The paper is organized into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036244
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Fragile States and Development Policy
Besley, Timothy J.; Persson, Torsten - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
It is widely recognized that fragile states are key symptoms of under-development in many parts of the world. Such …, mainstream development economics has not dealt in any systematic way with such concerns and the implications for development … assistance. This paper puts forward a framework for analyzing fragile states and applies it to a variety of development policies …
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