State Capacity and Long-Run Economic Performance
dc.contributor.author | Katz, Gabriel | |
dc.contributor.author | Dincecco, Mark | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-22T13:48:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-10-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | We present new evidence about the long-run relationship between state capacity { the scal and administrative power of states { and economic performance. Our database is novel and spans 11 European countries and 4 centuries from the Old Regime to World War I. We argue that national governments undertook two political transformations over this period: fi scal centralisation and limited government. We fund a signifi cant direct relationship between fiscal centralisation and economic growth. Furthermore, we fi nd that an increase in the state's capacity to extract greater tax revenues was one mechanism through which both political transformations improved economic performance. Our analysis shows systematic evidence that state capacity is an important determinant of long-run economic growth. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/ecoj.12161 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/17279 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Royal Economic Society | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Publisher requirement | en_GB |
dc.subject | State capacity | en_GB |
dc.subject | national governments | en_GB |
dc.subject | Economic performance | en_GB |
dc.subject | Fiscal | en_GB |
dc.subject | centralisation | en_GB |
dc.title | State Capacity and Long-Run Economic Performance | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.description | Almost final version of the paper | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Economic Journal | en_GB |