IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER: INHERITANCE SYSTEMS AND THE DYNAMICS OF STATE CAPACITY
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DOI: 10.1017/s1365100519000476
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines how the degree of gender-egalitarianism embedded in inheritance rules impacts state capacity at its early stages during medieval times. We present a theoretical model in which building state capacity enables nobles… read more here.
Keywords: inheritance; name father; state; state capacity ... See more keywords