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The Fiscal State in...
The Fiscal State in Africa: Evidence from a century of growth
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- Albers, Thilo (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Ekonomisk utveckling i det globala Syd,Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen,Ekonomihögskolan,Economic development of the Global South,Department of Economic History,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Humboldt University of Berlin
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- Jerven, Morten (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Ekonomisk utveckling i det globala Syd,Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen,Ekonomihögskolan,Economic development of the Global South,Department of Economic History,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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- Suesse, Marvin (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Ekonomisk utveckling i det globala Syd,Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen,Ekonomihögskolan,Economic development of the Global South,Department of Economic History,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Trinity College Dublin
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- 2020
- English 56 s.
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Series: African Economic History Working Paper Series
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Abstract
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- Why do large differences in fiscal capacity exist between states in the Global South? We constructa comprehensive new dataset of tax and revenue collection for 46 African polities from 1900 to2015. Descriptive analyses show that many polities in Africa have been characterized by stronggrowth in real tax collection. As a next step, we employ these data to test theories of fiscal capac-ity in a long-run panel setting, using fixed-effects and causal estimation techniques. The resultsshow democratic institutions and interstate warfare can increase fiscal capacity, while governmentturnover reduces it. However, these factors are conditional on the availability of debt financingand external aid, which by themselves reduce incentives to invest in fiscal capacity. Leveragingnew data on exogenous movements in commodity prices, we show that resource income does notgenerally lead to lower capacity. These insights add important nuance to established theories ofstate-building.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- fiscal capacity
- taxes
- Africa
- institutions
- resources
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- vet (subject category)
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