Unraveling Corruption and State Capacity With Heterogeneous Productivity
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DOI: 10.1002/soej.12789
Abstract: We present a model of corruption involving entrepreneurs with heterogeneous productivities. The model incorporates two types of technologies: a costly “good” technology that generates positive externalities and a “bad” technology that is cheaper to adopt… read more here.
Keywords: unraveling corruption; corruption; productivity; state capacity ... See more keywords
Territorial state capacity and elite violence from the 6th to the 19th century
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102037
Abstract: Abstract We present new evidence for elite violence using regicide, the killing of kings, and investigate the role of the state in European violence between the 6th and 19th centuries. First, regicide is critically assessed… read more here.
Keywords: elite violence; violence; territorial state; state ... See more keywords
Inclusive institutions, unequal outcomes: Democracy, state capacity, and income inequality
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102048
Abstract: Abstract Although the relationship between democratic rule and income inequality has received important attention in recent literature, the evidence has been far from conclusive. In this paper, we explore whether the redistributive effect of democratic… read more here.
Keywords: state capacity; income inequality; capacity;
Going postal: State capacity and violent dispute resolution
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2020.05.007
Abstract: Abstract Scholars have long tried to understand the conditions under which actors choose to use violent versus non-violent means to settle disputes, and many argue that violence is more likely in weakly-institutionalized settings. Yet, there… read more here.
Keywords: state capacity; violent dispute; dispute resolution; state ... See more keywords
State capacity and economic development: Causal mechanism or correlative filter?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2019.12.015
Abstract: In this paper, we explore why there are no examples of societies with low state capacity and high economic development. We argue that such an outcome is unlikely because of the nature of investments in… read more here.
Keywords: state; causal; capacity; economic development ... See more keywords
Identity, religion, and the state: The origin of theocracy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.09.026
Abstract: Why do states become theocracies? Johnson and Koyama (2019) analyzed the transition from a conditional-toleration equilibrium, in which feeble state capacity allows distinct religious groups to co-exist under a system of religion-based identity rules, to… read more here.
Keywords: religion; identity; theocracy; state ... See more keywords
The middle-income trap, state capacity, and institutional business power: understanding the failed upgrading of the lithium industry in Chile
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DOI: 10.1017/bap.2025.10012
Abstract: Since the 1980s, state capacity has been a major explanation for countries leaving the middle-income trap. However, this literature is unable to explain the failed experiences of countries with relatively high state capacity. This was… read more here.
Keywords: state capacity; income trap; business; middle income ... See more keywords
Government instability and the state
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DOI: 10.1017/psrm.2018.20
Abstract: Government instability (cabinet duration) is an important feature of parliamentary democracy. Over time, the research on cabinet duration has improved in technical and theoretical sophistication. However, we note that little attention has been paid to… read more here.
Keywords: state; government; state capacity; cabinet ... See more keywords
Elite Competition and State Capacity Development: Theory and Evidence from Post-Revolutionary Mexico
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DOI: 10.1017/s0003055417000715
Abstract: International wars and interstate rivalry have been at the center of our understanding of the origin and expansion of state capacity. This article describes an alternative path to the development of state capacity rooted in… read more here.
Keywords: state; revolutionary mexico; post revolutionary; state capacity ... See more keywords
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
Ascending India and Its State Capacity: Extraction, Violence and Legitimacy. By Sumit Ganguly and William R. Thompson. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. 352p. $40.00 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592718000075
Abstract: Sumit Ganguly and William Thompson’s new book comes at a timely moment, when we have a BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)-led majority government headed by a Prime Minister keen to put India on the world stage… read more here.
Keywords: state; status; capacity; great power ... See more keywords