What is the effect of state capacity on economic development? I argue that strong and centralised states are capable of mobilising the resources required to establish an efficient administration and provide public goods, which are preconditions for modern economic growth. To test this...

Overview -- Overlapping-Generations Model of Economic Growth -- Fiscal Policy -- Schooling and Fertility -- A Complete One-Sector Neoclassical Growth Model -- Two Sector Growth Models -- Wage and Fertility Gaps in Dual Economies -- Physical Capital in Dual Economies -- A Complete Dual Economy --...