Lord of the Lemons : origin and dynamics of state capacity

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dc.contributor.authorWahl, Fabiande
dc.contributor.authorHuning, Thilo R.de
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T08:54:50Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T08:54:50Z
dc.date.created2017-09-28
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractTo better understand the role of taxation in the emergence of states, this article presents an incomplete contract model of an agricultural society in which information asymmetries cause inefficient taxation, and hence outmigration, uprisings, and rent-seeking, but also urbanization. We propose a geographic index of information costs, observability, to test our model. Our case study is the Holy Roman Empire, which had a relatively homogeneous institutional framework, state of technology, culture, and ethnic composition across hundreds of observed states, for over 500 years. We find a robust link between observability and states’ tax capacity, their size, and their survival.en
dc.identifier.swb493886214
dc.identifier.urihttps://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6190
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-14058
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2017,22
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dc.rights.urihttp://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subjectState capacityen
dc.subjectPrincipal-agent problemen
dc.subjectTaxationen
dc.subjectHoly Roman Empireen
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.gndEuropade
dc.subject.gndWirtschaftde
dc.titleLord of the Lemons : origin and dynamics of state capacityde
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local.export.bibtex@techreport{Wahl2017, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6190}, author = {Wahl, Fabian and Huning, Thilo R.}, title = {Lord of the Lemons : origin and dynamics of state capacity}, year = {2017}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthorWahl, Fabian and Huning, Thilo R.
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local.faculty.number3de
local.institute.number520de
local.opus.number1405
local.series.issueNumber2017,22
local.series.titleHohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.universityUniversität Hohenheimde
local.university.facultyFaculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciencesen
local.university.facultyFakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftende
local.university.instituteInstitute for Economicsen
local.university.instituteInstitut fĂĽr Volkswirtschaftslehrede

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