Warfare, fiscal capacity, and performance

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-203

  Dincecco, Mark ^a   Prado, Mauricio ^b  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fiscal capacity; Pre modern wars; Public services; Worker productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865428068     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-012-9079-4     Document Type: Article

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